Brooker, Robert J.

Genetics : analysis and principles / Robert J. Brooker - Menlo Park : Benjamin Cummings, 1999 - xviii, 772 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 x 28 cm

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INTRODUCTION
1. Overview of genetics
PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
2. Mendelian inheritance
3. Reproduction and chromosome transmission
4. Extensions of mendelian inheritance
5. Linkage and genetic mapping in eukaryotes
6. Genetic transfer and mapping in bacteria and bacteriophages
7. Non-mendelian inheritance
8. Variation in chromosome structure and number
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
9. Molecular structure of DNA and RNA
10. Chromosome organization and molecular structure
11. DNA replication
MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES
12. General properties of gene structure and function
13. Gene transcription and RNA modification
14. Translation of mRNA
15. Gene regulation in bacteria and bacteriophages
16. Gene regulation in eukaryotes
17. Gene mutation and DNA repair
18. Recombination and transposition at the molecular level
GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
19. Recombinant DNA technology
20. Genome analysis
21. Molecular genetics and biotechnology
22. Computer analysis of genetic sequences
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
23. Genetics of cancer and other human diseases
24. Developmental genetics
25. Quantitative genetics
26. Population genetics
27. Evolutionary genetics

Using the relationship of genetics and traits as the underlying theme, this book emphasizes scientific methods to give students the insight needed to develop scientific reasoning skills. It discusses experiments, experimental themes, laboratory procedure and provides questions and answers.

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