The new edition of Genetics Essentials is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Similar in approach to Ben Pierce’s popular and acclaimed Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, this streamlined text covers basic transmission, molecular, and population genetics in just 18 chapters, helping students uncover major concepts of genetics and make connections among those concepts as a way of gaining a richer understanding of the essentials of genetics.

The new 5th edition continues this mission by expanding upon the powerful pedagogy and tools that have made this title so successful. New question types, more learning guidelines for students, and an updated art program round out a powerful text, and improvements to the online resources in Achieve give students the conceptual and problem solving understanding they need for success.

Achieve is Macmillan’s new online learning platform that supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction, including assets suitable for pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class study and assessment. The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding biology content provides an unrivaled learning experience.

1. Introduction to Genetics


2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction


3. Basic Principles of Heredity


4. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles


5. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping


6. Chromosome Variation


7. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems


8. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene


9. DNA Replication and Recombination


10. From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing


11. From DNA to Proteins: Translation


12. Control of Gene Expression


13. Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair


14. Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology


15. Genomics and Proteomics


16. Cancer Genetics


17. Quantitative Genetics


18. Population and Evolutionary Genetics