Krebs (biological scientists, U. of Alaska-Anchorage), Goldstein (cellular and molecular biology, Arizona State U.-Tempe) and Kilpatrick (biology, U. of Pittsburgh-Johnstown) update the now classic textbook for advanced students in molecular genetics and molecular biology. With help from other scientists, they have incorporated new developments, particularly in chromatic structure and function, epigenetics, and regulation by noncoding and microRNAs in eukaryotes. In sections on genes and chromosomes, DNA replication and recombination, transcription and post-transcriptional mechanisms, and gene regulation, they consider such topics as the content of the genome, clusters and repeats, extrachomosomal replicons, RNA splicing and processing, and phage strategies. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)