Modern Genetic Analysis Integrating Genes and Genomes

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Presents molecular genetics before classical genetics to reflect how genetics is increasingly being taught and practised today.

Contents

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF GENE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND TRANSMISSION - Genetics and the Organism - The Structure of Genes and Genomes - Gene Function - The Transmission of DNA at Cell Division - The Inheritance of Single-Gene Differences - Genetic Recombination in Eukaryotes - Recombination in Bacteria and Their Viruses - PART 2: METHODS OF GENETIC MANIPULATION - Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering - Genomics - Gene Mutation: Origins and Repair Processes - Chromosome Mutations - Mutational Dissection - PART 3: SYSTEMS GENETICS: FROM GENE TO PHENOTYPE - Regulation of Gene Transcription - From Gene to Phenotype - Regulation of Cell Number: Normal and Cancer Cells - The Genetic Basis of Development - PART 4: GENETIC ANALYSIS OF POPULATIONS - Population Genetics - Quantitative Genetics - Evolutionary Genetics

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Biography

ANTHONY J.F. GRIFFITHS, University of British Columbia. - WILLIAM M. GELBERT, Harvard University. - RICHARD C. LEWONTIN, Harvard University. - JEFFREY H. MILLER, University of California, Los Angeles.