Genetics : from genes to genomes
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Genetics : from genes to genomes
McGraw-Hill, c2000
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
The authors have developed a text that reflects the directions Genetics is taking as it heads into the 21st century. This perspective embraces five major themes:1. the central importance of the genome, as opposed to the action of individual genes;2. the application of genetics to the improvement of human health;3. the growing appreciation for the relationships among organisms arising from genetic research; 4. the impact of biotechnology on the accelerating growth of genetic knowledge; and5. the importance of emerging social and ethical issues related to our use of biotechnology.
Table of Contents
I Basic Principles: How Traits are Transmitted1 Mendel's Breakthrough: Patterns, Particles, and Principles of Heredity2 Extension to Mendel for Single-Gene Inheritance3 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance4 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on ChromosomesII What Genes Are and What They Do5 DNA: How the Molecule of Heredity Carries, Replicates, and Recombines Information6 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation7 Gene Expression: The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA via RNA to ProteinIII Using Genetic Engineering to Unravel the Information in Genomes8 DNA at High Resolution: Use of DNA Cloning, PCR, and Hybridization as the Tools of Genetic Analysis9 The Direct Detection of Genotype10 The Mapping and Analysis of GenomesIV How Genes Travel11 The Eukaryotic Chromosome: An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA12 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes13 The Prokaryotic Chromosome: Genetic Analysis in Bacteria14 The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibit Non-Mendelian Patterns of InheritanceV How Genes Are Regulated15 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes17 Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of CancerVI Gene Regulation and Development: Portraits of Model Eukaryotic OrganismsUsing Genetics to Study Development: An Introduction to the Genetic Portraits18 Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Genetic Portrait of Yeast19 Arabidopsis Thaliana: Genetic Portrait of A Model Plant20 Caenorhabditis elegans: Genetic Portrait of a Simple Multicellular Animal21 Drosophila melanogaster: Genetic Portrait of the Fruit Fly22 Mus musculus: A Genetic Portrait of the House MouseVII How Genes Change23 The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve24 Evolution at the Molecular LevelEpilogue Human Genetics and the Future of BiologyAppendix A Guidelines for Gene NomenclatureAppendix B Brief Answers Section
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