Principles of Genetics

D. Peter Snustad Michael J. Simmons

The science of genetics; reproduction as the basis of heredity; Mendelism - the basic principles of inheritance; extensions of Mendelism; inheritance of complex traits; the chromosomal basis of Mendelism; variations in chromosome number and structure; linkage, crossing over and chromosome mapping in eukaryotes; advanced linkage analysis; DNA and the molecular structure of chromosomes; replication of DNA and chromosomes; transcription and RNA processing; translation and the genetic code; mutation, DNA repair, and recombination; definitions of the gene; the genetics of viruses; the genetics of bacteria; transposable genetic elements; the genetics of mitochondria and chloroplasts; the techniques of molecular genetics; genomics; molecular analysis of genes and gene products; regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes; gene regulation in prokaryotes; the genetic control of animal development; the genetic control of behaviour; the genetic control of the vertebrate immune system; the genetic basis of cancer; population and evolutionary genetics.