The Science of Genetics

by Atherly, Alan G.; Girton, Jack R.; McDonald, John F.

• ISBN13: 9780030292323
• ISBN10: 0030292328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-12
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

This first-edition text clearly presents the fundamental principles of genetics, with an emphasis on the problem-solving skills crucial to understanding the complexity of genetics. Intended for undergraduate students in the biological sciences, it is designed to ground students in the basics of genetics, yet also enable them to explore more advanced and specialized subjects. Although the text does not presume an advanced knowledge of biology and chemistry, it does contain numerous examples of how the study of modern genetics rests upon these basic life sciences.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to the Science of Genetics	1	(14)
PART 1 How Genes Are Organized and Transmitted Through Generations	15	(234)
Transmission Genetics: Mendelian Analysis of Inheritance	16	(30)
Genes, Chromosomes, and the Mechanism of Mendelian Inheritance	46	(39)
Multiple Alleles and Gene Interaction	85	(29)
Quantitative Traits and Polygenic Inheritance	114	(28)
Linkage and Gene Mapping In Eukaryotes	142	(45)
Extranuclear Inheritance	187	(23)
The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses	210	(39)
PART 2 How Genes Function at the Molecular Level	249	(258)
The Physical Nature of DNA: Structure and Replication	250	(32)
The Molecular Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Chromosomes	282	(27)
Transcription, Translation, and The Genetic Code	309	(39)
Gene Cloning and Analysis	348	(34)
Genomic Analysis and Modification	382	(28)
Regulation of Gene Expression	410	(41)
Developmental Genetics: Genetic Regulation of Cell Fate	451	(34)
Developmental Genetics: Hierarchies of Genetic Regulation	485	(22)
PART 3 How Genes and Genomes Change and Evolve	507
Gene Mutation and Repair	508	(32)
Changes in Chromosome Number and Structure	540	(38)
Recombination and Transposable Elements	578	(34)
The Genetics of Cancer	612	(31)
Population and Evolutionary Genetics	643	(35)
Molecular Evolution	678
Appendix: Answers to Section Review Problems	A.1	(1)
Glossary	G.1	(1)
Index	I.1