Preface

An Introduction to Genomes

1. Genomes, Transcriptomes and Proteomes

1. The Human Genome

2. Genome Anatomies

3. Transcriptomes and Proteomes

2. Studying Genomes

4. Studying DNA

5. Mapping Genomes

6. Sequencing Genomes

7. Understanding a Genome Sequence

3. How Genomes Function

8. Accessing the Genome

9. Assembly of the Transcription Initiation Complex

10. Synthesis and Processing of RNA

11. Synthesis and Processing of the Proteome

12. Regulation of Genome Activity

4. How Genomes Replicate and Evolve

13. Genome Replication

14. Mutation, Repair and Recombination

15. How Genomes Evolve

16. Molecular Phylogenetics

Appendix

Keeping up to Date

Keeping up to Date by Reading the Literature

Keeping up to Date Using the Internet

Glossary

Abbreviations