product title: Concepts of Genetics, 12th Global Edition

For all introductory genetics courses

Concepts of Genetics emphasises the fundamental ideas of genetics, while exploring modern techniques and applications of genetic analysis. This best-selling text continues to provide understandable explanations of complex, analytical topics and recognises the importance of teaching students how to become effective problem solvers.

The 12th Edition has been extensively updated to provide comprehensive coverage of important, emerging topics such as CRISPR-Cas and the study of posttranscriptional gene regulation in eukaryotes. An expanded emphasis on ethical considerations that genetics is bringing into everyday life is addressed in Genetics, Ethics, and Society and Case Study features.

Format types

Mastering with eText = Access to the blended learning platform, merging digital content with complementary homework, tutorials, and assessments. Includes the accompanying eText.

Mastering without eText = Access to the blended learning platform, merging digital content with complementary homework, tutorials, and assessments. No access to the eText.

Mastering is an advanced online learning platform created by Pearson to enhance your educational experience. It offers a variety of interactive and personalized tools designed to help you grasp complex concepts in subjects like science and engineering.

Key benefits of Mastering include immediate feedback on assignments and quizzes, enabling you to learn from your mistakes and understand the material more deeply. The platform also provides a wide array of practice exercises, tutorials, and multimedia resources that cater to different learning styles. By using Mastering, you can boost your academic performance, stay engaged with your coursework, and manage your study time more efficiently.

New to this edition

• Two new Special Topics in Modern Genetics mini-chapters explore cutting-edge topics, including CRISPR-Cas and Genomic Editing and Advances in Neurogenetics: The Study of Huntington Disease.
• All Special Topics chapters include a series of questions that help students review key ideas or facilitate personal contemplations and group discussions.
• Assessment questions for Special Topics in Modern Genetics Chapters are assignable in Mastering Genetics.
• Reorganised and expanded coverage of gene regulation in eukaryotes reflects recent discoveries that reveal RNA in many forms play critical roles in the regulation of eukaryotic gene activity. A single chapter on this topic in previous editions has been expanded to three: Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes (Chapter 17), Posttranscriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes (Chapter 18), and Epigenetics (Chapter 19).
• Genetics, Ethics, and Society essays provide a synopsis of an ethical issue related to a current finding in genetics that impacts directly on society today. It includes a section called Your Turn, which directs students to related resources of short readings and websites to support deeper investigation and discussion of the main topic of each essay.
• Case studies at the end of each chapter have been updated with new topics. Students can read and answer questions about a short scenario related to one of the chapter topics. The Case Studies link the coverage of formal genetic knowledge to everyday societal issues, and they include ethical considerations.

Table of contents

• Part One - Genes, Chromosomes, and Heredity
• 1 Introduction to Genetics
• 2 Mitosis and Meiosis
• 3 Mendelian Genetics
• 4 Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
• 5 Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
• 6 Chromosomal Mutations: Variation in Number and Arrangement
• 7 Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes
• 8 Genetic Analysis and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
• 9 Extranuclear Inheritance
• Part Two - DNA: Structure, Replication, and Organization
• 10 DNA Structure and Analysis
• 11 DNA Replication and Recombination
• 12 DNA Organization in Chromosomes
• Part Three - Gene Expression and Its Regulation
• 13 The Genetic Code and Transcription
• 14 Translation and Proteins
• 15 Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Transposition
• 16 Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria
• 17 Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes
• 18 Posttranscriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes
• 19 Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
• Part Four - Genomics
• 20 Recombinant DNA Technology
• 21 Genomic Analysis
• 22 Applications of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
• Part Five - Genetics of Organisms and Populations
• 23 Developmental Genetics
• 24 Cancer Genetics
• 25 Quantitative Genetics and Multifactorial Traits
• 26 Population and Evolutionary Genetics
• Special Topics in Modern Genetics
• ST1 CRISPR and Genome Editing
• ST2 DNA Forensics
• ST3 Genomics and Precision Medicine
• ST4 Genetically Modified Foods
• ST5 Gene Therapy
• ST6 Advances in Neurogenetics: The Study of Huntington Disease
• Appendix A Selected Readings
• Appendix B Answers to Selected Problems