Preface

Supplements

Acknowledgments

1. Genetics and the Organism

2. The Structure of Genes and Genomes

3. Gene Function

4. The Inheritance of Genes

5. Recombination of Genes

6. Gene Interaction

7. Gene Mutations

8. Chromosome Mutations

9. The Genetics of Bacteria and Phages

10. Recombinant DNA Technology

11. Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology

12. Genomics

13. Transposable Genetic Elements

14. Regulation of Gene Transcription

15. Regulation of Cell Number: Normal and Cancer Cells

16. The Genetic Basis of Development

17. Population and Evolutionary Genetics

18. Quantitative Genetics

Answers to Selected Problems

Glossary

Further Readings