The two aims of this introductory textbook are to (1) discuss--in simple terms--the concepts and experimental strategies of research into genetic recombination, and to (2) demonstrate how the different types of recombination (homologous, site-specific, transpositional and illegitimate) are related. For upper-level undergraduates, this book is a comprehensive guide to this traditionally challenging and increasingly important field.

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• One of the most difficult yet important areas in modern biology explained in a lucid and up to date manner.
  
• Relates abstract genetic ideas to concrete experimental reality.
  
• The only available textbook treatment of this important subject.