Dealing with Genes

by Maxine Singer and Paul Berg

Book Overview

This text is a primer on modern genetics, and shows how a detailed knowledge of the workings of genes can be applied to some of the most pressing problems of our time. It is suitable for general readers, as well as undergraduates.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935702695
• ISBN13: 9780935702699
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University Science Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 9.6"

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.