Genetics

Overview

Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an unparalleled author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. The Third Edition continues to build upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing students with the links between early genetics understanding and the new molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed.

Table of contents

1 Genetics: The Study of Biological Information
2 Mendel's Breakthrough: Patterns, Particles, and Principles of Heredity
3 Extensions to Mendel: Complexities in Relating Genotype to Phenotype
4 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
5 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes
6 DNA: How the Molecule of Heredity Carries, Replicates, and Recombines Information
7 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation
8 Gene Expression: The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA to RNA to Protein
9 Deconstructing the Genome: DNA at High Resolution
10 Reconstructing the Genome Through Genetic and Molecular Analysis
11 The Direct Detection of Genotype Distinguishes Individual Genomes
12 Systems Biology and Proteomics
13 The Eukaryotic Chromosome: An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA
14 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes
15 The Prokaryotic Chromosome: Genetic Analysis in Bacteria
16 The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibit Non-Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance
17 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes
18 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
19 Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of Cancer
20 Using Genetics to Study Development
21 The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve
22 Evolution at the Molecular Level