Genetics Essentials with Achieve Pack

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-319-39042-6
Verlag: Worth

Medienkombination, Englisch, Book + Access Card, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierce, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Brief Contents 1. Introduction to Genetics 2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction 3. Basic Principles of Heredity 4. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles 5. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping 6. Chromosome Variation 7. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems 8. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene 9. DNA Replication and Recombination 10. From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing 11. From DNA to Proteins: Translation 12. Control of Gene Expression 13. Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair 14. Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology 15. Genomics and Proteomics 16. Cancer Genetics 17. Quantitative Genetics 18. Population and Evolutionary Genetics

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Pierce is Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he teaches courses in genetics and evolution. He previously taught at Connecticut College and Baylor University. Ben is a population geneticist who conducts ecological and evolutionary research on amphibians. He has authored a number of articles in research journals and several books, including The Family Genetics Sourcebook, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, and Transmission and Population Genetics: A Short Course. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science. He has received grants from the Natural Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the 3M Foundation, the National Park Service, the Williamson County Conservation Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.