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Reviewed by James Langeland, Professor, Kalamazoo College on 1/30/23

Comprehensivenessrating:4see less

This text does what it claims to do. It provides an introductory overview of a broad swath of genetics.

Content Accuracyrating:4

No glaring errors. One could always nitpick any text book.

Relevance/Longevityrating:3

The text is relevant, but not particularly unique in any sense. One could find virtually the same information in any number of genetics textbooks, presented in largely the same way. A major problem here is that the filed is presented more or less historically with many of the experiments and concepts being described having little to no relevance to genetics today. This is a problem with many texts so I do not single this one out.

Clarityrating:4

As with many open source texts, this one suffers from substandard figures, which directly influences clarity. The words on the age are fine, but the adage is true-a picture can be worth a thousand words. The mainstream publishers spent a lot of money on figures and it shows--they can be really good.

Consistencyrating:4

No comments here.

Modularityrating:4

There seem to be appropriate and logical chapter and section breaks.

Organization/Structure/Flowrating:3

The flow is the same as nearly any other genetics textbook. It suffers from a rigid historical framework. Better than most at Muller's morphs however!

Interfacerating:5

No problems here. I do really like the integrated you tube links. I did not dive into the content of those videos (beyond the scope of my review), but the fact that they are there in abundance is a good use of the open source approach.

Grammatical Errorsrating:5

No problems here.

Cultural Relevancerating:3

No comment.

A very timely section on SARS-Cov-2 at the end! Rich with study questions and answers. Genetics is and should be very problem based, so this is good.I appreciate what is being offered here and I understand the market. There is nothing "wrong" with this textbook. There is also no wow factor that would cause me to adopt it at this time.

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Introduction to Genetics - Open Textbook Library

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