Genetics: From Genes to Genomes | 
 enlarge | Authors: Leland Hartwell, Leroy Hood, Michael L. Goldberg, Ann Reynolds, Lee M. Silver, Ruth C. Veres
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
Buy Used: $74.98
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2243
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 827
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0073227382
Dewey Decimal Number: 572
EAN: 9780073227382
Publication Date: October 9, 2006
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Condition: Hardcover and almost like new. Very clean on all pages. 3rd edition.
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Product Description
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an unparalleled author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. The Third Edition continues to build upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing students with the links between early genetics understanding and the new molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed.
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 Genetics: From Genes to Genomes March 9, 2007
Darren J. Argabright (Groton, MA, USA)
4 out of 33 found this review helpful
The book came in very quickly and I am very happy with the purchase.
Not for the uninitiated July 6, 2007
Douglas Long (San Rafael, CA USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a good book if you already have a foundation in genetics. Oddly, the book is marketed as your basic undergrad genetics text. Yet instead of just explaining the concepts, it leads you on the path of discovery of how researchers figured all this stuff out. If you are still learning the subject, you may do better with Klug/Cummings/Spencer. If you are going into higher levels of biology and want to learn some research methods, this is a good book.
 Decent February 6, 2008
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3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is decent. It seems like it could be used in a lower-level undergraduate genetics class. One good thing is that it includes the answers to odd problems in the back of the book (it would be better to have the answers to every problem). One bad thing is that the answers in the back of the book are not exact -- it seems like the authors used decimals in their work and carried the rounding errors into the final solution. For instance, an answer like 3/4 will sometimes appear as 0.746. In some cases, two parts of the question should have the same answer, but again, they vary due to rounding errors. This was confusing to me at first and is the main reason why I wrote this review.
Also, this book is way too expensive for what you get. Most of the material in this book is covered in [better] books that you will use later in your studies (i.e. The Molecular Biology of the Cell). If you can avoid buying this book new, then it might be a good deal. Otherwise, save your money because it is not worth it (ask your teacher if you can use a different book for the class -- in many cases, this will be acceptable).
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