Description: 1. An Introduction to the Science of Genetics. Part 1: How Genes Are Organized and Transmitted Through Generations. 2. Transmission Genetics: Mendelian Analysis of Inheritance. 3. Genes, Chromosomes, and the Mechanism of Mendelian Inheritance. 4. Multiple Alleles and Gene Interactions. 5. Quantitative Traits and Polygenic Inheritance. 6. Linkage and Gene Mapping in Eukaryotes. 7. Extranuclear Inheritance. 8. The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses. Part 2: How Genes Function At the Molecular Level. 9. The Physical Nature of DNA: Structure and Replication. 10. The Molecular Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Chromosomes. 11. Transcription, Translation, and the Genetic Code. 12. Gene Cloning and Analysis. 13. Genomic Analysis and Modification. 14. Regulation of Gene Expression. 15. Developmental Genetics: Genetic Regulation of Cell Fate. 16. Developmental Genetics: Hierarchies of Genetic Regulation. Part 3: How Genes and Genomes Change and Evolve. 17. Gene Mutation and Repair. 18. Changes in Chromosome Number and Structure. 19. Recombination and Transposable Elements. 20. The Genetics of Cancer. 21. Population and Evolutionary Genetics. 22. Molecular Evolution. Appendix: Answers to Section Review Problems. Glossary. Index.

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