PART ONE
GENES, CHROMOSOMES,
AND HEREDITY
1 Introduction to Genetics 1
2 Mitosis and Meiosis 18
3 Mendelian Genetics 42
4 Extensions of Mendelian Genetics 71
5 Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes 105
6 Genetic Analysis and Mapping in Bacteria
and Bacteriophages 143
7 Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes 174
8 Chromosome Mutations: Variation
in Number and Arrangement 197
9 Extranuclear Inheritance 221
PART TWO
DNA: STRUCTURE,
REPLICATION, AND VARIATION
10 DNA Structure and Analysis 238
11 DNA Replication and Recombination 269
12 DNA Organization in Chromosomes 294
P A R T T H R E E
GENE EXPRESSION,
REGULATION, AND
DEVELOPMENT
13 The Genetic Code and Transcription 315
14 Translation and Proteins 344
15 Gene Mutation, DNA Repair,
and Transposition 374
16 Regulation of Gene Expression
in Prokaryotes 403
17 Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 426
18 Developmental Genetics 451
19 Cancer and Regulation of the Cell Cycle 473
SPECIAL TOPICS
IN MODERN GENETICS
I DNA Forensics 493
II Genomics and Personalized Medicine 504
III Epigenetics 517
IV Stem Cells 529
PART FOUR
GENOMICS
20 Recombinant DNA Technology 545
21 Genomics, Bioinformatics,
and Proteomics 574
22 Applications and Ethics of Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology 621
P A R T F I V E
GENETICS OF ORGANISMS
AND POPULATIONS
23 Quantitative Genetics and Multifactorial
Traits 659
24 Genetics of Behavior 680
25 Population and Evolutionary
Genetics 697
26 Conservation Genetics 725
Appendix A Selected Readings A-1
Appendix B Answers A-13
Glossary G-1
Credits C-1
Index I-1