内容简介
《遗传学基础（第8版影印版）》扼要描述了经典和现代遗传学的原理，囊括了遗传学的各个领域，以新的前沿热点和研究（如基因组学、蛋白质组学、生物信息、遗传工程的应用及伦理等）引发学生的兴趣。各章后面有小结，还有关于分析思考、实验原理、难点和讨论的知识点，以及有关争论话题的评论，强调培养学生解决问题的能力，还可帮助学生通过生动而周密的实践将遗传学与目前的热点联系起来。
作者简介
WilliamS.KlugrecentlyretiredasProfessorofBiologyatTheCoUegeofNewJersey(formerlyTrentonStateCollege)inEwing,NewJersey.HeservedasChairoftheBiologyDepartmentfor17years,apositiontowhichhewasfirstelectedin1974.HereceivedhisB.A.degreeinBiologyfromWabashCollegeinCrawfordsville,Indiana,andhisPh.D.fromNorthwesternUniversityinEvanston,Illinois.PriortoconungtoTheCollegeofNewJersey,hewasonthefacultyofWabashCollegeasanAssistantProfessor.HisresearchinterestshaveinvolvedultrastructuralandmoleculargeneticstudiesofoogenesisinDrosophila.Hetaughtthegeneticscourseaswellastheseniorcapstoneseminarcourseinhumanandmoleculargeneticstoundergraduatebiologymajorsfor38years.In2002,hewasthereapientoftheinitialteaclungawardgivenattheCollegeofNewJerseygrantedtothefacultymemberwhomostchallengesstudentstoachievehighstandards.Healsoreceivedthe2004OutstandingProfessorAwardfromtheSigmaPilnternational,andinthesameyear,hewasnominatedastheEducatoroftheYear,anawardgivenbytheResearchandDevelopmentCouncilofNewJersey.MichaelR.CummingsisResearchProfessorintheDepartmentofBiological,Chemical,andPhysicalSaencesatIllinoisInstituteofTechnology,Chicago,Illinois.Formorethan25years,hewasafacultymemberintheDepartmentofBiologicalSaencesandintheDepartmentofMolecularGeneticsattheUniversityoflllinoisatChicago.HehasalsoservedonthefacultiesofNorthwesternUniversityandFloridaStateUniversity.HereceivedhisB.A.fromStMary'sCollegeinWinona,Minnesota,andhisM.S.andPh.D.fromNorthwestemUniversityinEvanston,Illinois.Inadditiontothistextanditscompanionvolumes,hehasalsowrittentextbooksinhumangeneticsandgeneralbiologyfornonmajors.Hisresearchinterestscenteronthemolecularorganizationandphysicalmappingofthehetero-chromaticregionsofhumanacrocentricchromosomes.Attheundergraduatelevel,heteachescoursesinMendelianandmoleculargenetics,humangenetics,andgeneralbiology,andhasreceivednumerousawardsforteachingexcellencegivenbyuniversityfaculty,studentorganizations,andgraduatingseniors.CharlotteA.SpencerisaretiredAssoaateProfessorfromtheDepartmentofOncologyattheUniversityofAlbertainEdmonton,Alberta,Canada.ShehasalsoservedasafacultymemberintheDepartmentofBiochemistryattheUniversityofAlberta.ShereceivedherB.Sc.inMicrobiologyfromtheUniversityofBritishColumbiaandherPh.D.inGeneticsfromtheUniversityofAlberta,followedbypostdoctoraltrainingattheFredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenterinSeattle,Waslungton.HerresearchinterestsinvolvetheregulationofRNApolymeraseIItranscriptionincancercells,cellsinfectedwithDNAviruses,andcellstraversingthemitoticphaseofthecellcycle.Shehastaughtcoursesinbiochemistry,genetics,molecularbiology,andoncology,atbothundergraduateandgraduatelevels.Inaddition,shehaswrittenbookletsinthePrenticeHallExploringBiologyseries,whichareaimedattheundergraduatenonmajorlevel.MichaelA.PalladinoisDeanoftheSchoolofScienceandAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofBiologyatMonmouthUniversityinWestLongBranch,NewJersey.HereceivedhisB.S.degreeinBiologyfromTrentonStateCollege(nowknownasTheCollegeofNewJersey)andhisPh.D.inAnatomyandCellBiologyfromtheUniversityofVirginia.Hedirectsanactivelaboratoryofundergraduatestudentresearchersstudyingmolecularmechanismsinvolvedininnateimmunityofmammalianmalereproductiveorgansandgenesinvolvedinoxygenhomeostasisandischemicinjuryofthetestis.Hehastaughtawiderangeofcoursesforbothmajorsandnonmajorsandcurrentlyteachesgenetics,biotechnology,endocrinology,andlaboratoryinceUandmolecularbiology.Hehasreceivedseveralawardsforresearchandteaching,includingtheNewInvestigatorAwardoftheAmericanSocietyofAndrology,the2005DistinguishedTeacherAwardfromMonmouthUniversity,andthe2005CaringHeartAwardfromtheNewJerseyAssoaationforBiomedicalResearch.HeiscoauthoroftheundergraduatetextbookIntroductiontoBiotechnology,SeriesEditorfortheBenjaminCummingsSpecialToPicsinBiologybookletseries,andauthorofthefirstbookletintheseries,UnderstandingtheHumanGenomeProject.
