ISE Genetics: Analysis and Principles (7th Edition)

Description

Genetics: Analysis and Principles is a one-semester, introductory genetics textbook that takes an experimental approach to understanding genetics. By weaving one or two experiments into the narrative of each chapter, students can simultaneously explore the scientific method and understand the genetic principles that have been learned from these experiments. The pedagogy of Genetics: Analysis & Principles has been designed to foster student learning. Instead of being a collection of facts and figures,this text is intended to be an engaging and motivating textbook in which formative assessment allows students to move ahead and learn the material in a productive way.

Table of Contents

1. PART I INTRODUCTION
   1. Overview of Genetics
2. PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
   1. Mendelian Inheritance
   2. Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction
   3. Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
   4. Non-Mendelian Inheritance
   5. Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes
   6. Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria
   7. Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number
3. PART III MOLECULAR STRUCTURE & REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
   1. Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA
   2. Molecular Structure of Chromosomes and Transposable Elements
   3. DNA Replication
4. PART IV MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES
   1. Gene Transcription and RNA Modification
   2. Translation of mRNA
   3. Gene Regulation in Bacteria
   4. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes I: Transcriptional and Translation Regulation
   5. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes II: Epigenetics
   6. Non-coding RNAs
   7. Genetics of Viruses
   8. Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Recombination
5. PART V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
   1. 20 Molecular Technologies
   2. Biotechnology
   3. Genomics I: Analysis of DNA
   4. Genomics II: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics
6. PART VI GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
   1. Medical Genetics
   2. Genetics Basis of Cancer
   3. Developmental Genetics
   4. Population Genetics
   5. Complex and Quantitative Traits29 Evolutionary Genetics

Key Features

• Genes to Traits: Because genetics is such a broaddiscipline, ranging from the molecular level to populations,many instructors have told us that it is a challenge forstudents to see both the forest and the trees. It is commonlymentioned that students often have trouble connecting theconcepts they have learned in molecular genetics with thetraits that occur at the level of a whole organism (e.g., Whatdoes transcription have to do with blue eyes?). To try tomake this connection more meaningful, certain figure legends in each chapter, designated Genes to Traits, remind students that molecular and cellular phenomena ultimately lead to the traits that are observed in each species.
• Learning Outcomes: Each section of every chapter beginswith a set of learning outcomes. These outcomes helpstudents understand what they should be able to do once theyhave mastered the material in that section.
• Formative Assessment: When students are expected tolearn textbook material on their own, it is imperative thatthey are regularly given formative assessment so they cangauge whether they are mastering the material. Formativeassessment is a major feature of this textbook and is bolsteredby Connecta state-of-the art digital assignment and assessment platform.
• The feature Genetic TIPS is aimed athelping students refine their problem-solving skills.

Author Biography

Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.