Principles of Genetics
D. Peter Snustad Michael J. Simmons

Binding	Hardcover
Edition	3
ISBN	0471441805
NumberOfPages	864
PublicationDate	2002-07-12
Publisher	Wiley

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Reviews -- Avg. rating in 9 reviews

-- Great Purchase -- 9/1/2005
There was no marks in the whole book, and the price was great.

-- The best introductory text broadly covering the field -- 7/11/2003
I would rate this as one of the best (if not the best) introductory texts in genetics. Comparing this to various other material that I've come across, Snustad and Simmons definitely exhibit superior aptitude in educational skills in this work. They have a firm grasp of what their target readers can understand and know how build up the readers' progressive comprehension while keeping the interest level high. This is the true mark of a well-constructed textbook. We all know how boring some texts can be, but I found myself always itching to read on and even go backward to review some of the concepts. The authors' use of simple language (unlike some other "introductory" texts) makes reading somewhat "light and fun" in contrast to some others who seem to not be as adept in communicating to "pre-PhD" students.

Another characteristic that makes this work stand out is it's sheer beauty. The illustrations, photographs, charts, and even the layout are absolutely gorgeous! Hey, I'm not one who judges a book by the cover, but even the cover is beautiful! The artwork is well thought out and easy to understand. Many parts of the text can be reviewed plainly by looking at the pictorial descriptions without necessitating too much re-reading of the sections.

The authors also include well-placed "sidelights" throughout the book to help the reader get a "real-life" connection to subject. And the sidelights are mostly about what we care about most...ourselves. Thus, in addition to constant reference to medical applications here and there, the sidelights help the reader appreciate what genetics is all about.

Another important aspect of this text is that it is up to date. The authors have taken into consideration the exponential advances in the field and documented it here. That is just one more plus to this already fantastic piece of work!

-- i want to review this book again -- 1/22/2003
i have read this book once but i am very keen to read again this book so i want to read this book and for that i want to see the review of this book.

-- good introductory genetics textbook -- 3/13/2000
It is a good written book. It explains things very well in general. It is not as complicated as other genetic textbooks

-- A very up-to-date genetics text -- 2/17/2000
If you are looking for a book that describes classical genetics in great details, this book is not for you. To me, the main effort of the authors is to focus on the modern idea of how geneticists think and work. The organization of the text is nicely arranged so that readers can understand the concepts in one chapter that lead to the more advanced one in the next chapter. The materials presented are not too "introductory", and it is not too difficult for a typical undergraduate student to understand either. Also, It can properly serve as a good reference for a graduate student, like myself, when a time of need in some genetic concepts!

-- Good introduction to modern genetics -- 1/4/2000
As the authors indicate, this book is meant to be an introduction to genetics. It should, therefore, be judged as such. My academic background is physics, not biology, and I can testify that this book presents a comprehensive overview of basic principles, historic info about classical experiments and important persons, and intros to modern topics. The pictures in the book illustrate the various processes and schemes quite well. In short, the book provides what it is meant to provide. More detail would blow up the size of the book, only to discourage readers new to genetics.

-- A good book for year one students -- 5/2/1999
This is a good book for the introductory courses in universities. The chapters are well arranged and the text is understandable. Some of the chapters can be written to a greater depth and more detailed.

-- Boring and not comprehensive -- 5/2/1999
This book can be utterly insipid and tedious to read. The illustrations are not helpful and main ideas are not presented clearly.

-- The best booktext of genetics to students. -- 9/24/1998
In this ever changing world of research, the scientists need to be always actual. This book is very important to students of biological sciences, like me. It give to us a good notion of mendelian genetics,molecular biology. We can find many experiments actually used in molecular biology. Congratulations to the writers and I am sorry about E. Gardner.

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