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You should already have a basic understanding of natural selection, cell structure and the workings of DNA (Units 2, 4 and 7). This unit is an important introduction to plant and animal life cycles (Units 13 and 14) as well as classical genetics (Unit 12).
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Further reading
Alberts, B., Bray, D., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. and Watson, J.D. Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd ed.) (New York: Garland, 1994). An enormous but excellent textbook. It puts the reader in touch with current ideas on the mechanism of cell division, the systems which control it, and the mechanism of recombination without too much pain on the way. Molecular genetics is covered in the context of the life of the cell.
Haiti, D.L. Essential Genetics (Sudbury MA: Jones & Bartlett, 1996). Bright, clear and well explained. It goes well beyond the scope of this book, without an unbearable acceleration in pace.
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Sutton, J. (1998). Life Cycles, Cell Division and Variation. In: Biology. Macmillan Foundations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15201-8_11
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