Introduction to Genetic Principles

by David Hyde

Hyde'sIntroduction to Genetics teaches the principles of genetics with an innovative approach that emphasizes the basic concepts involved in solving problems as well as teaching students how to manipulate genetic data. While most genetics textbooks provide some examples and several problems for the student to work, the texts primarily stress facts and historical information. It is often left to the student to make the connection from what is in the text to elucidating the approaches to solve problems. Dr. David Hyde presents these skills to the students throughout the narrative in a stepped-out fashion, making an explicit tie between the facts and their application.This text maintains the rigor that faculty require in a genetics book, while incorporating a student-friendly presentation style that helps the reader comprehend the material.

Paperback

First published January 9, 2008

Reviews

[Alyssa]

I think this is going to be an interesting class. Each student is required to write a paper and give a brief presentation on a topic related to Genetics and I think my topic will be about population genetics and how there is no sign of macro-evolution in present day populations.

*Edit* I also finished this at the end of the fall semester. The course hardly even scratched the surface of the wealth of information on genetics contained in this book. I'm probably going to keep it for future reference and reading.

[Linn Persson]

Great explanations and easy to read. You could understand the content without looking for explanations to every other word. It was simply a good book for my genetics course.