Welcome to the Web site for Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, by Benjamin A. Pierce. The resources here have been developed by the author in conjunction with the text to help students gain a better understanding of genetic concepts and how geneticists work.

Interactive animated tutorials. Choose your own path through these demos and see the results. For example, with one tutorial you can arrange chromosomes on the metaphase plate in meiosis, choose crossing-over points, and then see the resulting gametes.

Web links. Your direct connection to additional online resources and animations. Great for further study.

The New Genetics: Mining Genomes by Mark S. Wilson, Humboldt State University. Work at the frontiers of modern genetics alongside today's top researchers with these real time, real data exercises. Step by step, they show you how to do live analyses, search online databases, and use the latest tools of bioinformatics.

Errata. Click here for a list of errata from the first printing of Pierce, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach.

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