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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Since the first edition of Principles of Genetics was published, the science of genetics has advanced on many fronts: the sheep Dolly was cloned from a differentiated adult cell; the genomic DNA sequences of several organisms were determined; microchip technologies were developed to analyze gene expression... These and many other developments have prompted the authors to prepare a second edition.

This book has the same overall goals as the first edition: to focus on the basis principles of genetics, to focus on the scientific process, to focus on human genetics, and to focus on developing critical thinking skills.

The text includes special features designed to emphasize the relevance of the topics discussed, to facilitate the comprehension of important concepts, and to asists students in evaluating their grasp of these concepts. The features are: sidelights, chapter-opening vignettes, key points, testing your knowledge, questions and problems and answers.

(Extracted from the preface).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.
-An Introduction to the Science of Genetics.

-1. The Science of Genetics.
-2. Reproduction as the Basis of Heredity.

-Classical Genetic Analysis.

-3. Mendelism: The Basic Principles of Inheritance.
-4. Extensions of Mendelism.
-5. Inheritance of Complex Traits.
-6. The Chromosomal Basis of Mendelism.
-7. Variation in Chromosome Number and Structure.
-8. Linkage, Crossing Over, and Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes.
-9. Advanced Linkage Analysis.

-The Molecular Biology of Genes.

-10. DNA and the Molecular Structure of Chromosomes.
-11. Replication of DNA and Chromosomes.
-12. Transcription and RNA Processing.
-13. Translation and the Genetic Code.
-14. Mutation, DNA Repair, and Recombination.
-15. Definitions of the Gene.

-The Genetics of Viruses, Bacteria, Transposons, and Eukaryotic Organelles.

-16. The Genetics of Viruses.
-17. The Genetics of Bacteria.
-18. Transposable Genetic Elements.
-19. The Genetics of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts.

-Molecular Genetic Analysis.

-20. The Techniques of Molecular Genetics.
-21. Genomics.
-22. Molecular Analysis of Genes and Gene Products.

-The Regulation of Gene Expression.

-23. Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes and Their Viruses.
-24. Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes.

-The Genetic Control of Biological Processes.

-25. The Genetic Control of Animal Development.
-26. The Genetic Control of Behaviour.
-27. The Genetic Control of the Vertebrate Inmune System.
-28. The Genetic Basis of Cancer.

-The Genetics of the Evolutionary Process.

-29. Population and Evolutionary Genetics.

-Epilogue.

-Glossary.
-Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems.
-Photo and Illustration Credits.

-Index.