Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections

by Benjamin A. Pierce

Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections is the ideal brief text for helping students uncover the major concepts of genetics. Developed from Benjamin Pierce’s acclaimed Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, this “essentials” text covers basic transmission, molecular, and population genetics in 18 streamlined, clearly illustrated chapters that emphasize the connections among key genetics ideas and the importance of developing solid problem-solving skills.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Genetics, Biology, Reference

512 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2012

About the author

Benjamin Pierce is a population geneticist affiliated with Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX).

Reviews

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for class. Found it interesting and helpful until the more complicated mechanisms of translation, transcription, and replication.