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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes with PowerWeb(OLC Bindin Card)

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is a good book if you already have a foundation in genetics. Oddly, the book is marketed as your basic undergrad genetics text. Yet instead of just explaining the concepts, it leads you on the path of discovery of how researchers figured all this stuff out. If you are still learning the subject, you may do better with Klug/Cummings/Spencer. If you are going into higher levels of biology and want to learn some research methods, this is a good book.

I found this book extremely verbose and unorganized. It would serve as a great reference book for a lab researcher or grad student. But it's way too technical and dense for an introductory genetics class. The authors do a poor job presenting the material in a comprehensible way to an undergraduate genetics student. Not recommended.

I think this is a great text book for General Genetics class! In fact, this is the text we have been using at UC Berkeley.
The authors are not only clear & concise in delivering their topics, but also able to formulate challenging questions to test students' undestanding.

This book is decent. It seems like it could be used in a lower-level undergraduate genetics class. One good thing is that it includes the answers to odd problems in the back of the book (it would be better to have the answers to every problem). One bad thing is that the answers in the back of the book are not exact -- it seems like the authors used decimals in their work and carried the rounding errors into the final solution. For instance, an answer like 3/4 will sometimes appear as 0.746. In some cases, two parts of the question should have the same answer, but again, they vary due to rounding errors. This was confusing to me at first and is the main reason why I wrote this review.

Also, this book is way too expensive for what you get. Most of the material in this book is covered in [better] books that you will use later in your studies (i.e. The Molecular Biology of the Cell). If you can avoid buying this book new, then it might be a good deal. Otherwise, save your money because it is not worth it (ask your teacher if you can use a different book for the class -- in many cases, this will be acceptable).

This book is used in my undergrad genetics class and I don't think it should be. The text is way too difficult to understand and it is also very dense for an intro class. The way sentences are worded on the chapter problems problems are confusing. I often find myself reading the same problem 5 times before attempting to answer it. My professor even had trouble understanding what some of the questions are asking.

It took them several days to send the book that I ordered. Slow at delivery, so if you really need the items fast, you might want to choose another company.

The book was safely delivered and in great condition. I was expecting a noticeably used book, but it is like new. I would suggest this company to anyone looking for a text book at a low price.

This text was required reading for my Genetics course at the University of Oklahoma. The text arrived in the mail in a timely manner and was in the great condition described by the seller. As far as the actually text itself, I would rate it highly as the information is presented in a way that makes Genetics less daunting. 4/5 rating!

This is a must-buy if you're going through the textbook questions and don't already have a solutions manual. It has clear explanations for all the answers and is just a really handy study tool when you get stuck on that one question..
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This is a thorough and helpful textbook. I would recommend it for those interested in in-depth explanations of the biology of genetics.