High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology [Paperback]

Ronald W. Dudek (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0683303597 | ISBN-13: 978-0683303599 | Publication Date: August 15, 1999 | Edition: 1st

High-Yield™ Cell and Molecular Biology gives you more of what you need to prepare you for the USMLE Step 1! The information found in this text provides a strong understanding of introductory undergraduate cell and molecular biology which serves as a valuable review resource for the board exam. As part of the High-Yield™ Series, material is presented in a concise, uncluttered fashion. The sections cover information typically found in a second year molecular biology course such as chromosomal DNA, chromosome replication and DNA synthesis, molecular genetics, gene amplification, inherited diseases and molecular immunology. Well illustrated, this text provides students with a strong foundation to prepare them for more advanced work in cell and molecular biology. It also serves as a great source for course review.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1st edition (August 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683303597
• ISBN-13: 978-0683303599
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #82 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Cell Biology

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27 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very High Yield!, November 21, 2000

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"slavine2" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology (Paperback)

High yield cell and molecular biology is exactly what it says, and from the outset doesn't pretend to be anything else. "Lean efficient text" says the blurb, "Study guides with the barest essentials". These words certainly comforted me after reading the somewhat ominous title! The text is compact, with clear and helpful diagrams illustrating and clarifying the most difficult concepts in the book. The style is in fact very much the same as I might choose to write own revision notes, with chapters divided into sub-titles, and those into bullet points. Key words are emboldened, so it is possible to absorb a page by only scanning the bold type; useful if you are caught short when preparing for an exam and need the facts quickly! There is a smattering of clinical examples throughout, and descriptions of procedures such as PCR, which both help anchor your thoughts of the sometimes abstract nature of the subject. Being a molecular biology book it is biased toward genetics, and as this is a confusing area for many students (including me), this will help if your genetics lectures tend to sail several meters over your head. On the downside, the economic nature of the text and the no-frills nature of the diagrams mean that it is not a particularly colourful or engaging read in it's own right. This is also positive, meaning that it is easier to extract information quickly than would be possible from a more bulky text. It is clearly meant to be dipped into, rather than read cover-to-cover. Realistically though, who would read a textbook cover-to-cover? People who will benefit from this book will be pre-clinical medical students, those intercalating a BSc in clinical science or genetics, doctors requiring an up-to-date review, or other students of biomedical science. This should not be your only textbook on cellular biology and genetics, but will serve as the perfect revision tool when exams sidle up too close for comfort.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the newer edition, February 15, 2010

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This review is from: High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology (Paperback)

This book is much more concise than the new edition and is perfect review for USMLE.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad is a quick kill, March 30, 2007

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Alvaro E. Galvis (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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To get the quick and fast H.Y. facts for the boards this is the one! Its shorter and to the point in comparison to BRS. Note this is not a good book for class only for the Boards