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. Rob Brooker, author of market leading texts in Genetics and Intro Biology for majors, brings his clear and accessible writing style to this latest edition.

Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Overview of Genetics

PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
2 Mendelian Inheritance
3 Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction
4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
5 Non-Mendelian Inheritance
6 Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes
7 Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteriaand 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
15 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes I: Transcriptional Regulation
16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes II: Epigenetics and Regulation at the RNA Level
17 Genetics of Viruses
18 Gene Mutation and DNA Repair
19 Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level

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

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

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