Genetics: Genes, genomes, and evolution
N**.
useful but missed the mark on a large part of the field of genetics
It does it's job for what i needed it for however there is little to no mention of Rosaland Franklin, a woman who died of cancer for her work, only to have her results and data stolen from her by watson and crick. These snakes were given all the credit in this book which seems like an injustice to the practice in science itself. Do not glorify liars because that is bad science.
D**H
The book is falling apart!!!!
The book is falling apart. The cover is literally hanging on by the paper of the cover. It would have been decent if the cover had duct tape to hold it together.
A**R
Need improvement on delivery tome!
It was an item my daughter needed for college. She is satisfied with it because l haven't heard anything complaint from her about the book. However the delivery could have been much faster!
A**N
Solid, interestingly organized textbook, with a useless index
As a professor who teaches evolution and genetics, I got an unsolicited free copy of this book last semester. Mostly it seems like a really attractive, well-organized book. The close integration of genetics and evolution isn't typical in textbooks, and it's done very well here. It has a particularly nice section on GWAS and human genetics.I have one major word of warning for anyone who's considering adopting this for a class, though: the index is woefully inadequate. It's only five pages long, which is extremely short for a 740-page book, and it's really just very skimpy. I've tried several times to look up fairly basic things that I really think must be in the book somewhere, and they're not in the index at all. I still can't tell if the book includes anything about chromosomal inversions or not, because "inversion" isn't in the index, only two things are listed under "chromosomes" (role in meiosis and role in mitosis), and there's no section on chromosomal variation listed in the table of contents. It seems like a small problem for an otherwise solid textbook, but I'm finding that it does really affect its usability, and I'm glad I didn't adopt it for my course this semester. Hopefully it's something that can be improved in subsequent editions.
S**C
Each chapter is more enthralling than the last!
I am a genetics professor and i just received a review copy halfway through the semester and have already decided to change textbooks to this one next year. Information is well laid out in this book and it takes a modern approach to the material including genomes and higher level research that most books just bury in later chapters.
S**N
Amazing, very critical approach. Best book ever.
I love the way this book approaches topics. It often proposes problems to the reader, and explains the topic by resolving such problems. It really aids understanding. Full of detailed explanation so you can easily join the dots. It also has many useful pictures and diagrams, which is always a nice thing to have in science books. I personally found it a little hard to navigate but perhaps that’s me being new to the subject so I don’t think that should affect the rating.
R**D
Damned by its very first sentence
The first substantive biological statement in this book reads: "All organisms are composed of cells". That statement is false. Many myxomycetes are not composed of cells, at least at some stages of their life cycle. This book has no credibility.
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