Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (with InfoTrac and Human GeneticsNow)

Michael Cummings is the author and co-author of a number of widely used college textbooks, including CONCEPTS OF GENETICS (co-authored with Klug) and ESSENTIALS OF GENETICS. He has also written sections on genetics for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, and has published a newsletter on advances in human genetics for instructors and students. Michael received his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University. His doctoral work, conducted in the laboratory of Dr. R.C. King, centered on ovarian development in Drosophila melanogaster. Michael taught and conducted research at the University of Illinois at Chicago for more than 25 years. His research interests involved the role of the short arm/centromere region of human chromosome 21 in chromosomal aberrations. His interest in scientific literacy prompted him to organize courses in human genetics for non-majors. Currently, Michael teaches at Illinois Institute of Technology also in Chicago.Michael Cummings is the author of 'Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (with InfoTrac and Human GeneticsNow)', published 2005 under ISBN 9780495019510 and ISBN 0495019518.