Genetics: Analysis and Principles

About this book

Genetics: Analysis and Principles is a one-semester, introductory genetics textbook that takes an experimental approach to understanding genetics. By weaving one or two experiments into the narrative of each chapter, students can simultaneously explore the scientific method and understand the genetic principles that have been learned from these experiments.

Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Overview of Genetics

PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
2 Mendelian Inheritance
3 Reproduction and Chromosome Transmission
4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
5 Non-Mendelian Inheritance
6 Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes
7 Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
8 Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number

PART III MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
9 Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA
10 Chromosome Organization and Molecular Structure
11 DNA Replication

PART IV MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES
12 Gene Transcription and RNA Modification
13 Translation of mRNA
14 Gene Regulation in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
15 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
16 Gene Mutation and DNA Repair
17 Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level

PART V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
18 Recombinant DNA Technology
19 Biotechnology
20 Genomics I: Analysis of DNA
21 Genomics II: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics

PART VI GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
22 Medical Genetics and Cancer
23 Developmental Genetics
24 Population Genetics
25 Quantitative Genetics
26 Evolutionary Genetics

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