Preface

1. Genetics and the Organism

2 . Patterns of Inheritance

3. Chromosomal Basis of Heredity

4. Gene Interaction

5. Basic Eukaryotic Chromosome Mapping

6. Specialized Eukaryotic Chromosome Mapping Techniques

7. Gene Transfer in Bacteria and Their Viruses

8. The Structure and Replication of DNA

9. Genetics of DNA Function

10 . Molecular Biology of Gene Function

11. Regulation of Gene Transcription

12. Recombinant DNA Technology

13. Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology

14. Genomics

15. Gene Mutation

16. Mechanisms of Gene Mutation

17. Chromosome Mutation I: Changes in Chromosome Structure

18. Chromosome Mutation II: Changes in Chromosome Number

19. Mechanisms of Recombination

20. Transposable Genetic Elements

21. Extranuclear Genes

22. Cancer as a Genetic Disease

23. Developmental Genetics

24. Population Genetics

25. Quantitative Genetics

26. Evolutionary Genetics

Genetic nomenclature

Further Readings

Glossary

Answers to Selected Problems