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PA R T I INTRODUCTION

1 Overview of Genetics 1

PA R T I I PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE

2 Mendelian Inheritance 17

3 Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction 45

4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance 74

5 Non-Mendelian Inheritance 102

6 Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes 126

7 Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages 156

8 Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number 183

PA R T I I I MOLECULAR STRUCTURE & REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL

9 Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA 215

10 Chromosome Organization and Molecular Structure 239

11 DNA Replication 261

PA R T I V MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES

12 Gene Transcription and RNA Modification 287

13 Translation of mRNA 315

14 Gene Regulation in Bacteria 344

15 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes I: Transcriptional Regulation 368

16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes II: Epigenetics and Regulation at the RNA Level 392

17 Genetics of Viruses 417

18 Gene Mutation and DNA Repair 443

19 Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level 473

PA R T V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES

20 DNA Technologies 496

21 Biotechnology 528

22 Genomics I: Analysis of DNA 553

23 Genomics II: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics 579

PA R T V I GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS

24 Medical Genetics and Cancer 606

25 Developmental Genetics 640

26 Population Genetics 671

27 Quantitative Genetics 702

28 Evolutionary Genetics 728

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