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 Second 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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 9 reviews)

Decent

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).
February 06, 2008

Good general reference

Good text, quite readable and easy to understand. Written by experts in cancer biology at U of WA and Cornell.
December 20, 2007

Not for the uninitiated

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.
July 06, 2007

Genetics: From Genes to Genomes

The book came in very quickly and I am very happy with the purchase.
March 09, 2007

Updated and Expanded Third Edition now Available

This book is usually supplied by the publisher as part of a bundled package. When ordered with the ISBN 0072848464 this is the book that is supplied. When ordered with ISBN 0073227382 this book as well as a book on Microbiology which appears to be a cut down version of the publishers primary microbiology text.

As is common with a lot of text books, this book has a series of authors. Leland Hartwell is the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The other authors, four more Ph.D.'s, are nearly equally distinguished. What makes this book such a success is that they then then work with Ruth Veres who is a professional writer to take their scientific writing and turn it into something the average person can read. Further it was her task to take the input from the author team and present it in one style, one voice.

This is the third edition of the book, with updates to reflect the new discoveries, revisions and rewording to reflect suggestions and comments from past readers, and a new artistic design that is both more user friendly and easier to distinguish the most important comments.
December 09, 2006

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Solutions Manual/Study Guide to accompany Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 2nd Edition
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