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Offers a comprehensive and timely introduction to modern genetics. Focusing on the essential aspects of molecular biology, the editor provides a well-written, accessible presentation of the complex field of molecular genetics.
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An extensive revision of Rothwell's Understanding Genetics, 4th ed. (Oxford U. Press, 1988), the present text can serve undergraduate students in a course that assumes some background in the principles of genetics; graduate students in a program whose goal is to provide an acquaintance with the direction and methodology of research in molecular genetics; those who have a medical orientation with an insight into approaches that have led to the isolation of genetic regions associated with human afflictions; and others with a basic science background who wish to become familiar with the accomplishments of molecular genetics reported in the current literature and the procedures used in the course of the research. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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