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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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