Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 7th Edition, 9781260575828

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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an unparalleled author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. This edition continues to build upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing students with the links between the early understanding of genetics and the new molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed.  

PART I
Basic Principles: How Traits Are Transmitted
1 Mendel’s Principles of Heredity
2 Extensions to Mendel’s Laws
3 Chromosomes and Inheritance
4 Sex Chromosomes
5 Linkage, Recombination, and Gene Mapping

PART II
What Genes Are and What They Do
6 DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination
7 Mutation
8 Using Mutations to Study Genes
9 Gene Expression: The Flow of Information from DNA to RNA to Protein

PART III
Analysis of Genetic Information
10 Digital Analysis of DNA
11 Genome Annotation
12 Analyzing Genomic Variation
PART IV
How Genes Travel on Chromosomes
13 The Eukaryotic Chromosome
14 Chromosomal Rearrangements
15 Ploidy
16 Bacterial Genetics
17 Organellar Inheritance

PART V
How Genes Are Regulated
18 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes
19 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
20 Epigenetics

PART VI
Using Genetics
21 Manipulating the Genomes of Eukaryotes
22 The Genetic Analysis of Development
23 The Genetics of Cancer

PART VII
Beyond the Individual Gene and Genome
24 Variation and Selection in Populations
25 Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits