Product Description
Completely updated to reflect new discoveries and current thinking in the field, the fourth edition of Essential Genetics is designed for the shorter, less comprehensive introductory course in genetics. The text is written in a clear, lively, and concise manner, and includes many special features that make the book "user friendly." Topics were carefully chosen to provide a solid foundation for understanding the basic processes of gene transmission, mutation, expression, and regulation. The text also helps students develop skills in problem solving, achieve a sense of the social and historical context in which genetics has developed, and become aware of the genetic resources and information available through the Internet.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)

Not bad by Supraman

4 Stars
November 04, 2009
Overall the book is not bad. Concepts were pretty easy to understand. Would have been better if this book was a hard-cover.

Great book for the budding geneticist... by O. Uzomah (California, USA)

5 Stars
March 08, 2007
I bought this book online because I needed it for my Genetics class in the spring semester. I'm happy with Amazon for shipping it on time; the Prime membership is really worth it. The book itself is perfect for anyone trying to understand genetics for the first time. I have taken genetics classes before, and this book really helped me refresh my memory. It is suitable for the person who wishes to teach him/herself, and it is great for the person wishing to specialize in this area. If you're considering buying the book, get it. It's worth every penny.

Great book! by A. Silverstein (NY)

5 Stars
December 08, 2006
Great diagrams and broken down descriptions. It was a great help for my upper division genetics class! I couldn't have passed without it!

Unclear Explanations, Many Errors in the Problems

3 Stars
March 12, 2004
As an another student at Harvard, i found this book very unclear at explaning many important concepts in genetics, such as Holliday structure. The authors of this book fail to present approropriate and clear explanations for the conclusions that they make. Also, materials in chapters tend to be seemed unrelated... Prof Hartl is an entertaining in his lectures but not clear in his book.

A Good Read

5 Stars
June 20, 2002
As a undergrad at Harvard who took Prof Hartl's intro genetics class (in which we used this textbook), I can tell you that this encompasses all the information we covered in a semester-legnth class. What you miss out on, however, is Prof Hartl's funny, engaging teaching style and graphically complex computer demos. That said I learned (both from class and this book) why female cats' fur can be calico and other interesting applications of genetics. In the age of the Human Genome Project, basic genetics knowledge is crucial, and this book is a great intro to the topic.

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