Introductory Stories
Each chapter opens wtih a brief introductory story that makes genetics more relevant to students, drawing them into the material.
Focus on Concepts and Connections
Concept boxes summarize the important take home messages from the chapter.
Concept Check questions allow students to quickly assess their understanding of the material covered.
Connecting Concepts help students make important connections between the big ideas of genetics.
Superb Illustration Program
A consistent color scheme helps students orient themselves as they study experiments and processes. Most figures include balloon captions that walk students step by step through a process or point out important features of a structure of experiement.
Emphasis on Problem Solving
To help students develop essential problem-solving skills, Genetics Essentials offers:
• In-text Worked Problems in many chapters. The author walks students through each problem step by step.
• End-of-chapter Problems, including Comprehension, Application, and Challege questions, as well as Data Analysis problems drawn from scientific journals.