Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity

by Maxine Singer and Paul Berg

Book Overview

Written by two world-renowned researchers in molecular biology and illustrated with clarity and precision, this beautifully produced book serves as a text for students taking non-major courses in biology, genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology. It is also ideal as a primer for self-study by the interested lay person. Four color insert.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891389580
• ISBN13: 9781891389580
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University Science Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A very good intro

If you are the layman and want to get basics in genetics and molecular biology, this is a book for you. Berg and Singer explain the field in a very clear language, backed by good drawings and pictures wherever you need it. Having read the book mapping genomes, uncovering kinship, cloning, differences between eucaryotic and procaryotic genomes and virus strategies will be no mystery for you. The book encourages to dig deeper, and is a minimum for anyone wanting to get the feeling of what is going on in modern biology.