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Title: iGenetics with Free Solutions by Peter J. Russell ISBN: 0-8053-4553-1 Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $122.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty good, even if it is a bit wordy at times
Comment: I used this textbook when I took General Genetics this past semester. The book contains a wealth of information. In the course I took we focused on the basic principle of DNA and RNA, Mendelian principles, mono and dihybrid crosses, pedigrees and inheritance, multiple alleles located on different loci and multiple alleles located on the same loci, genetic mapping, damage and DNA repair mechanisms, prokaryotes gene regulation, and population genetics. This text did much to help my understanding of these topics and also contained other topics that we only touched upon in class or did not have time to cover, including the genetics of cancer, quantative genetics, and recombinate DNA technology.
At the end of each chapter in the text there are a number of conceptual questions and genetics "problems" that serve as a tool of teaching genetics by the problem based approach. These problems are helpful because my class focused on the problem based side of genetics, as most general genetics classes probably do. The book includes a CD-rom that includes the answers to ALL of the problems in the book for FREE! The CD-rom also contains movies that illustrate important mechanisms like transcribtion, translation, and DNA replication, as well as additional exercises. For me, I found it particulary helpful to be able to "see" genetic processes instead of just hearing about them in class.
Even though all of the anwsers to the book problems are included on the CD-rom, I would recommend picking on the Student Solution Guide as well because it is GREAT. It works out every single problem in the book. This is somewhat of a rarity for science books (especially biology ones). I can say that this solutions manuels is very helpful.
The only problem that I had with the textbook was that it was a bit wordy in some sections. While reading this book, I would recommend highlighting only those topics that your professor discusses in class and not getting hung up on terms that he or she has not talked about and sound like gobble-gook (Shrine-Delgado sequence, TATA box). Most likely, your class will focus on general concepts and you will not have the time to discuss the specifics in detail. I can't say that it is a bad thing that the book included detailed information from other areas of biology (biochemistry, cell biology), since these fields will be important if you are a biology major, but they probably do not need to be disscused in great detail in genetics if not prompted by the instructor.
Overall, I would say that this is a good genetics text. It contains usefull explanations and illustrations about topics that may not have been clearly explained in class, especially if your professor tends to mummble or doesn't have the best artistic style when it comes to drawing chromosomes.
Rating: 3
Summary: Okay
Comment: I haven't been using this textbook very long, but there is one issue I think people might want to be aware of. If you buy this book used, you can't get access to the website. Mine didn't come with the CD-ROM either, but that's more to do with the person who sold it back than anything else (although if the CD-ROM were packaged so that you could just slip it into a pocket on the back cover more people might return the CD with the book). You can buy access to the website for $22/yr.
Rating: 2
Summary: Could be better; could be worse
Comment: I haven't surveyed the entire landscape of genetics textbooks, but in general this one still left me lacking. My largest complaint: even though this is a first edition, the editing was atrocious.
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Title: Genetics Laboratory Investigations (12th Edition) by Thomas R. Mertens, Robert L. Hammersmith ISBN: 0130193305 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 18 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: IGenetics with Solutions Study Guide: Student Solutions Manual by Russell ISBN: 0805345450 Publisher: Pearson Higher Education Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 |
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Title: Brock Biology of Microorganisms (10th Edition) by Michael T. Madigan, John Martinko, Jack Parker ISBN: 0130662712 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 09 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $128.00 |
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Title: Medical Virology by David O. White, Frank J. Fenner, Frank Fenner ISBN: 0127466428 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $82.95 |
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Title: Physics: Principles with Applications (5th Edition) by Douglas C. Giancoli ISBN: 0136119719 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $135.00 |
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