Pearson presents the Eleventh Edition of Concepts of Genetics—a text now entering its fourth decade of providing support for students studying in this field, has occasioned still another fresh look. In addition to the normal updating that is inevitably required, this new edition focusses on the need to increase the opportunities for instructors and students to engage in active and cooperative learning approaches and the need to provide more comprehensive, cutting-edge coverage of important and emerging topics in genetics. This edition emphasizes the fundamental ideas of genetics and a strong problem-solving approach, while exploring modern techniques and applications of genetic analysis.
Features:
1. Modern Approaches to Understanding Gene Function feature challenges students to understand how modern gene targeting approaches have dramatically advanced our understanding of gene function.
2. Evolving Concept of the Gene is a short feature, integrated in appropriate chapters, that highlights how scientists’ understanding of what a gene is has changed over time.
3. Three new Special Topics in Modern Genetics mini-chapters explore cutting-edge topics, including updated content on Emerging Roles of RNA, Genetically Modified Foods, and Gene Therapy.
4. Neurogenetics has been completely reworked and redefined to reflect the wealth of information regarding the impact of genetics on the field of neurobiology, linking genetic analysis to brain function and brain disorders.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to Genetics
2. Mitosis and Meiosis
3. Mendelian Genetics
4. Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
5. Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes
6. Genetic Analysis and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
7. Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
8. Chromosome Mutations: Variation in Number and Arrangement
9. Extranuclear Inheritance
Part Two) DNA: Structure, Replication, and Variation
10. DNA Structure and Analysis
11. DNA Replication and Recombination
12. DNA Organization in Chromosomes
Part Three) Gene Expression, Regulation, and Development
13. The Genetic Code and Transcription
14. Translation and Proteins
15. Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Transposition
16. Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
17. Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
18. Developmental Genetics
19. Cancer and Regulation of the Cell Cycle
Part Four) Genomics
20. Recombinant DNA Technology
21. Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Proteomics
22. Applications and Ethics of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Part Five) Genetics of Organisms and Populations
23. Quantitative Genetics and Multifactorial Traits
24. Neurogenetics
25. Population and Evolutionary Genetics
About the Author
1. William S. Klug is an Emeritus Professor of Biology at The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) in Ewing, New Jersey, where he served as Chair of the Biology Department for 17 years.
2. Michael R. Cummings is Research Professor in the Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
3. Charlotte A. Spencer is a retired Associate Professor from the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
4. Michael A. Palladino is Dean of the School of Science and Professor of Biology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
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