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Genetic Essentials: Concepts and Conncections (3rd Edition) - eBook

Genetic Essentials: Concepts and Conncections (3rd Edition) – eBook

eBook details

  • Authors: Benjamin A. Pierce
  • File Size: 22 MB
  • Format: PDF
  • Length: 576 pages
  • Publisher: W. H. Freeman; 3rd edition
  • Publication Date: October 6, 2015
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B016923DXS
  • ISBN-10: 1464190755
  • ISBN-13: 9781464190759

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About The Author

Benjamin A. Pierce

Benjamin A. Pierce

Professor Benjamin Pierce received a B.S. in Biology from Southern Methodist University and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Dr. Benjamin is currently Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. Ben is a population geneticist who conducts ecological and evolutionary research on amphibians. He has authored a number of articles in research journals and several ebooks, including: A guide to genetics for the layperson; The Family Genetics Sourcebook, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, A general genetics textbook; A brief genetics ebook; and Transmission and Population Genetics: A Short Course, An etextbook for courses in transmission' Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, and population genetics. Dr. Pierce is a member of the steering committee of the 21st Century Science Coalition, a group of scientists who support strong science standards for Texas public schools. Ben currently serves on the editorial board of Bioscience. He has received research and teaching grants from the W. M. Keck Foundation, Natural Science Foundation, the 3M Foundation, the National Park Service, the Williamson County Conservation Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.

Derived from Ben Pierce’s popular and acclaimed Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, this streamlined textbook, titled “Genetic Essentials: Concepts and Conncections 3rd edition” covers basic molecular, transmission, and population genetics in just 18 chapters, helping college students uncover major concepts of genetics and make connections among those concepts as a way of gaining a richer understanding of the essentials of genetics.

Like its parent text, Genetics Essentials offers student-friendly features, cutting edge and classical research, and helpful media, with an engaging voice bringing it all together. There is a greater emphasis on understanding and connecting basic concepts, as well as carefully crafted pedagogy to help develop sure-fire problem-solving skills. The price is very college student friendly as well–significantly less than similar textbooks for the course.

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