Contents:

1. The Science of Genetics 1
2. Cellular Reproduction and Model Genetic Organisms 18
3. Mendelism: The Basic Principles of Inheritance 43
4. Extensions of Mendelism 67
5. The Chromosomal Basic of Mendelism 93
6. Variation in Chromosome Number and Structure 115
7. Linkage, Crossing over, and Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes 140
8. The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses 177
9. DNA and the Molecular Structure of Chromosomes 210
10. Replication of DNA and Chromosomes 244
11. Transcription and RNA Processing 282
12. Transcription and the Genetic Code 312
13. Mutation, DNA, Repair, and Recombination 343
14. Definitions of the Gene 382
15. The Techniques of Molecular Genetics 418
16. Genomics 456
17. Applications of Molecular Genetics 499
18. Transposable Genetic Elements 535
19. Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes and Their Viruses 563
20. Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 593
21. The Genetic Control of Animal Development 627
22. The Genetic Basis of Cancer 659
23. Inheritance of Complex Traits 684
24. Population Genetics 709
25. Evolutionary Genetics 730

Photo and Illustration Credits 763
Glossary 767
Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems 789
Index 805