Essential Genetics: A Genomics PerspectiveCompletely updated to reflect new discoveries and current thinking in the field, the Fourth Edition of Essential Genetics is designed for the shorter, less comprehensive introductory course in genetics. The text is written in a clear, lively, and concise manner and includes many special features that make the book user friendly. Topics were carefully chosen to provide a solid foundation for understanding the basic processes of gene transmission, mutation, expression, and regulation. The text also helps students develop skills in problem solving, achieve a sense of the social and historical context in which genetics has developed, and become aware of the genetic resources and information available through the Internet. |
Contents
The Genetic Code of Genes and Genomes | 2 |
Heritage from Mendel | 32 |
The addition rule applies to mutually exclusive 2 7 Epistasis can affect the observed ratios | 50 |
incomplete dominance | 67 |
The Chromosomal Basis of Heredity | 72 |
Each species has a characteristic set The metaphase chromosome | 92 |
Gene Linkage and Genetic Mapping | 120 |
The Human Connection Count Your | 135 |
Genomics Proteomics and Genetic Engineering | 356 |
Restriction fragments are joined end to end to 10 3 Genomics and proteomics reveal genome | 362 |
The Human Connection The Human Genome | 371 |
The Genetic Control of Development | 390 |
Developmental mutations often affect cell within segments | 405 |
Brian Coppin Paola Dalton Gina AamodtLeeper Flower development in Arabidopsis is controlled | 413 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Mutation and DNA Repair | 420 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Mutation | 421 |
Unordered tetrads have no relation to | 144 |
Gene conversion suggests a molecular | 151 |
Human Chromosomes and Chromosome Behavior | 162 |
The Human Connection Catch21 176 5 4 Polyploid species have multiple sets | 189 |
Chromosome rearrangements can have | 195 |
DNA Structure Replication and Manipulation | 202 |
treatment of diseases | 232 |
The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses | 240 |
role in bacterial populations 245 7 5 Some phages can transfer small pieces | 247 |
The Molecular Genetics of Gene Expression | 280 |
place on a ribosome 293 | 310 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Regulation | 316 |
Attenuation allows for finetuning | 328 |
insertion or by recombination 433 by ultraviolet light 450 | 434 |
Molecular Genetics of the Cell Cycle and Cancer | 458 |
Cancer initiation and progression occurs through to create a novel chimeric gene | 485 |
Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics | 492 |
Allele frequencies are estimated from genotype | 500 |
The Human Connection Resistance | 517 |
The Genetic Basis of Complex Inheritance | 530 |
Some QTLs have been identified | 553 |
Answers to EvenNumbered Problems | 561 |
Prefixes Suffixes and Combining Forms | 571 |
Glossary | 575 |
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Common terms and phrases
activity affected allele frequency amino acid anaphase bacterial base pairs base sequence binding called cancer cell cycle centromere Chapter chro chromatids chromo cloning codon coli color complementation complex contains cross crossing-over cyclin deletion diploid DNA fragments DNA molecule DNA sequence DNA strand dominant double crossover double-stranded Drosophila duplex encoded enzyme eukaryotes example expected F₁ F₂ females flowers frequency of recombination function gametes genetic map genome genotype haploid heterozygote heterozygous homologous chromosomes homozygous hybrid inherited key concept males map distance map units markers mating meiosis meiotic Mendel's metaphase mitosis molecular mosome mRNA mutation normal nucleotide operon organisms parental pathway percent phage phenotype plants plasmid polymerase polypeptide polypeptide chain population produced progeny protein ratio recessive allele region replication repressor ribosome round segment segregation species spindle structure synthesis telomere template tetrads tion trait transcription transposable element tRNA wildtype Ww Gg X chromosome