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Genetics: A Conceptual Approach

Seventh Edition ©2020 Benjamin A. Pierce

With Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Ben Pierce brings a master teacher’s experiences to the introductory genetics textbook, clarifying this complex subject by focusing on the big picture of genetics concepts and how those concepts connect to one another.

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Genetics: A Conceptual Approach by Benjamin A. Pierce - Seventh Edition, 2020 from Macmillan Student Store

A conceptual approach to success in genetics

With Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Ben Pierce brings a master teacher’s experiences to the introductory genetics textbook, clarifying this complex subject by focusing on the big picture of genetics concepts and how those concepts connect to one another.

The new 7th edition continues this mission by expanding upon the powerful pedagogy and tools that have made this title so successful. New question types, more learning guidelines for students, and an updated art program round out a powerful text, and improvements to the online resources in SaplingPlus give students the conceptual and problem solving understanding they need for success.

Features

SaplingPlus is the online companion to Genetics: A Conceptual Approach and combines Sapling’s acclaimed automatically graded online homework with a powerful e-book and an extensive suite of engaging multimedia learning resources. Problems feature hints for when students get stuck, answer-specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes, and solutions to reinforce what they’ve learned.

SaplingPlus also includes tools to help students prepare for class and study for their exams. LearningCurve adaptive quizzing ties back to the e-book and is a great tool to help students learn basic concepts and do assigned readings before coming to lecture. SaplingPlus also includes a wealth of multimedia and problem solving resources to help students make the most of their study time.

SaplingPlus features:

  • Questions with hints/feedback/solutions (now Flash-free and in HTML 5)
    • Some EOC questions are in Sapling Plus
  • LearningCurve: Adaptive quizzing to get students prepared for class.
  • Tutorial-style questions: that walk students step by step through a problem (with a new look in HTML5)
  • Reading Quizzes: a quick quiz to test if your students have read the book
  • Nature articles (with assessment questions) embedded at key points in the text
  • Problem Solving Videos - that demonstrates how to solve problems that mirror ones that appear in the EOC problem set
  • VitalSource etext (can be accessed on- and off-line)
  • Math readiness assignment - to help students brush up on key math and stats skills needed to be successful in genetics

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach provides students with a strong foundation upon which to build their conceptual understanding of the field of genetics.

  • Conceptual Framework
    • Student-friendly writing style
    • Chapter opening stories to capture student interest
    • Concepts, Concepts Checks, Connecting Concepts, Chapter Summary
    • Learning Outcomes (new)
  • Art and Media
    • The art program has been revised to be more modern looking and more understandable for students.
    • Animations (with assessment questions) are based on figures in the text and are included in SaplingPlus.
  • Powerful Assessment
    • Connecting Questions (NEW) help students synthesize concepts from different chapters to understand the big picture. These new questions ensure that students get a bigger picture of the science of genetics and, much like real geneticists, learn to use information from different disciplines in genetics in problem-solving. 
    • Concept Mapping Questions available in the book and in SaplingPlus ask students to build a visual representation of a topic.
    • Worked Problems teach students a methodical approach to build the skills they need to become proficient problem solvers.
    • End-of-chapter questions written by Ben Pierce are well aligned to the teaching method of the text and are organized by level of rigor.
  • Support for Active Learning
    • Active Learning Hub (NEW) with in class activities is now in SaplingPlus. It contains powerpoints and worksheets to help you easily implement more active learning in your classroom.
    • Think-Pair-Share exercises encourage students to work, and learn in groups.
    • Model Genetic Organisms Appendix to familiarize students with the kinds of organisms used  in genetic research

New to This Edition

Connecting Problems allow students to connect concepts across chapters. These questions ask students to integrate what they have learned over several chapters, and to apply what they learned to problem solving.

Concept Mapping Exercises help students conceptually map out topics within a chapter. The exercises ask students to  map out concepts discussed in the chapter, including key terms and describing how they are connected. Creating connections between concepts and ideas is critically important for effective learning. These new concept mapping exercises are designed to help students build understanding of the relationships among important concepts and terms by creating a visual map that depicts these relationships. These problems can be assigned as homework, or students can work on them in groups, allowing them to discuss how to organize the concepts in a map.

End-of-chapter Learning Objectives help frame the concepts covered in each section. A set of Learning Objectives, one for each A-head (followed by key concepts for that A-head), helps students identify the main learning goals for each chapter.

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach continues to stay on the cutting edge of genetics discoveries:

  1. More content on CRISPR-Cas9
  2. Updated biotechnology and genomics and proteomics techniques (and pared-back coverage of outdated techniques)
  3. Revised organization of chapter on epigenetics
  4. Revised chapter on evolution
  5. Updated medical examples

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Genetics
2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction
3. Basic Principles of Heredity
4. Sex Determination and Sex-Linked Characteristics
5. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles
6. Pedigree Analysis, Applications, and Genetic Testing
7. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping
8. Chromosome Variation
9. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems
10. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene
11. Chromosome Structure and Organelle DNA
12. DNA Replication and Recombination
13. Transcription
14. RNA Molecules and RNA Processing
15. The Genetic Code and Translation
16. Control of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
17. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
18. Gene Mutations and DNA Repair
19. Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology
20. Genomics and Proteomics
21. Epigenetics
22. Developmental Genetics and Immunogenetics
23. Cancer Genetics
24. Quantitative Genetics
25. Population Genetics
26. Evolutionary Genetics
 
Reference Guide to Model Genetic Organisms

Benjamin A. Pierce

Benjamin Pierce is Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he teaches courses in genetics and evolution. He previously taught at Connecticut College and Baylor University. Ben is a population geneticist who conducts ecological and evolutionary research on amphibians. He has authored a number of articles in research journals and several books, including The Family Genetics Sourcebook, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, and Transmission and Population Genetics: A Short Course. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science. He has received grants from the Natural Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the 3M Foundation, the National Park Service, the Williamson County Conservation Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.