Genetics: Principles and Analysis

by Daniel L. Hartl

This book is titled Genetics: Principles and Analysis, Fourth Edition, because it embodies our belief
that a good course in genetics should maintain the right balance between two important aspects of
the science. The first aspect is that genetics is a body of knowledge pertaining to genetic
transmission, function, and mutation. This constitutes the Principles. The second aspect is that
genetics is an experimental approach, or a kit of "tools," for the study of biological processes such
as development or behavior. This is Analysis.
The overall aim of Genetics: Principles and Analysis, Fourth Edition, is to provide a clear,
comprehensive, rigorous, and balanced introduction to genetics at the college level. It is a guide to
learning a critically important and sometimes difficult subject. The rationale of the book is that any
student claiming a knowledge of genetics must:
• Understand the basic processes of gene transmission, mutation, expression, and regulation;
• Be able to think like a geneticist at the elementary level of being able to formulate genetic
hypotheses, work out their consequences, and test the results against observed data;
• Be able to solve problems of several types, including problems that ask the student to verbalize
genetic principles in his or her own words, single-concept exercises that require application of
definitions or the basic principles of genetics, genetic analysis in which several concepts must be
applied in logical order, and quantitative problems that call for some numerical calculation;
• Gain some sense of the social and historical context in which genetics has developed and is
continuing to develop; and
• Have some familiarity with the genetic resources and information that are available through the
Internet.
Genetics: Principles and Analysis, Fourth Edition, incorporates many special features to help
students achieve these learning goals. The text is clearly and concisely written in a somewhat
relaxed prose style without being chummy or excessively familiar. Each chapter is headed by a list
of Principles that are related at numerous points to the larger whole. Each chapter contains two or
three Connections in which the text material is connected to excerpts of classic papers that report
key experiments in genetics or that raise important social, ethical, or legal issues in genetics. Each
Connection has a brief introduction of its own, explaining the importance of the experiment and the
historical context in which it was carried out. At the end of each chapter is a complete Summary,
Key Terms, GeNETics on the web exercises that guide students in the use of Internet resources in
genetics, and several different types and levels of Problems. These features are discussed
individually below.

Genres: Genetics, Science, Biology, Nonfiction

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Jessica]

i luv ch 7

[Maryam]

ssss

[Fernanda Fadel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read chapter 18 for my research project.
Might read some more at some point.
Good as a reference book. Not so nice for "just reading", due to lots of equations and such. Which is the point of reference books.

[Salma El-Shafie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorites, it's an easy simple language reference book , goes thru some of the classic experiments in Biology. it explains the basics of genetics

[Adison · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book