<p>Does anyone know if the textbook for this class is different than the one used last spring? Also, how useful is having the book? Do the tests come from lecture only?</p>
<p>It would be a good idea to get the book, especially for the genetics section. Unfortunately they are using a new book this semester so DON’T buy it off your friends who have already taken it.</p>
<p>I took the class a year ago, and never opened the book. I don’t know who is teaching you but I had Urnov, Welch, and Miller. Welch and Miller’s section did not need the book at all. Urnov’s section assigned problems, but doing the problems were not necessary for a good grade. I would say that if you can, buy the old book, it’s not all that different to the edition two years ago (I think a couple pages off, and they put that on bspace for us)</p>
<p>yeah, they are using a new edition to the textbook now.</p>