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Author(s): Susan L. Elrod, William D. Stansfield
Series: Schaum’s Outlines
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Mc Graw Hill
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 426

Contents......Page 8
1.2 Cells......Page 12
1.3 Chromosomes......Page 13
1.4 Cell Division and Reproduction......Page 17
1.6 Gametogenesis......Page 23
1.7 Genetic Model Systems......Page 27
2.1 Terminology......Page 34
2.2 Dominant and Recessive Alleles......Page 35
2.3 Crosses Involving Single Genes......Page 37
2.4 Other Allelic Relationships......Page 40
2.5 Probability Theory......Page 42
2.6 Statistical Distributions......Page 44
2.7 Crosses Involving Two or More Genes......Page 46
2.8 Testing Genetic Ratios......Page 51
2.9 Pedigree Analysis......Page 53
3.1 Nucleic Acids......Page 76
3.2 Protein Structure......Page 77
3.3 Genetic Information Flow......Page 83
3.4 Defining the Gene......Page 86
3.5 Protein Synthesis......Page 88
3.6 DNA Replication......Page 89
3.7 Mutations......Page 93
3.8 DNA Repair......Page 98
4.1 Two-Factor Interactions......Page 108
4.2 Epistatic Interactions......Page 109
4.4 Nonepistatic Interactions......Page 111
4.6 Pleiotropism......Page 112
5.2 Sex-Determining Mechanisms......Page 127
5.3 Sex-Linked Inheritance......Page 131
5.5 Sex-Influenced Traits......Page 133
5.8 Sexual Phenomena in Plants......Page 134
6.1 Recombination Among Linked Genes......Page 153
6.2 Genetic Mapping......Page 157
6.3 Linkage Estimates from F[Sub(2)] Data......Page 163
6.4 Use of Genetic Maps......Page 166
6.5 Crossover Suppression......Page 169
6.6 Tetrad Analysis in Fungi......Page 171
6.7 Recombination Mapping with Tetrads......Page 174
7.2 Chromosome Structure......Page 193
7.3 Variation in Chromosome Number......Page 194
7.4 Variation in Chromosome Size......Page 197
7.5 Variation in the Arrangement of Chromosome Segments......Page 198
7.6 Variation in the Number of Chromosome Segments......Page 201
7.7 Variation in Chromosome Morphology......Page 203
7.8 Human Cytogenetics......Page 204
8.1 Qualitative vs. Quantitative Traits......Page 223
8.2 Polygenic Traits......Page 224
8.3 The Normal Distribution......Page 225
8.4 Types of Gene Action......Page 229
8.5 Heritability......Page 231
8.6 Selection Methods......Page 236
8.7 Mating Methods......Page 239
9.1 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium......Page 259
9.2 Calculating Gene Frequencies......Page 261
9.3 Testing a Locus for Equilibrium......Page 263
9.4 Natural Selection and Evolution......Page 264
10.1 Characteristics of Bacteria......Page 277
10.3 Bacterial Phenotypes and Genotypes......Page 278
10.4 Isolation of Bacterial Mutants......Page 279
10.5 Bacterial DNA Replication and Cell Division......Page 280
10.6 Bacterial Transcription......Page 283
10.7 Bacterial Translation......Page 285
10.8 Genetic Recombination......Page 286
10.9 Regulation of Bacterial Gene Activity......Page 289
10.10 Mapping the Bacterial Chromosome......Page 295
11.1 Viruses......Page 313
11.2 Bacteriophages......Page 314
11.3 Eukaryotic Viruses......Page 321
11.4 Transposable Elements......Page 325
11.5 Cancer......Page 327
12.1 History......Page 342
12.2 Recombinant DNA Technology......Page 346
12.3 DNA Sequencing......Page 363
12.4 Production of Recombinant Gene Products in Industry......Page 365
12.5 Bioinformatics......Page 366
12.6 The Human Genome Project......Page 367
12.7 DNA Microarrays and Functional Genomics......Page 368
13.1 Genome Size and Complexity......Page 379
13.3 Gene Expression......Page 381
13.4 Regulation of Gene Expression......Page 383
13.5 Development......Page 388
13.7 Organelles......Page 392
B......Page 410
C......Page 411
D......Page 413
E......Page 414
G......Page 415
H......Page 416
J......Page 417
M......Page 418
O......Page 419
P......Page 420
R......Page 421
S......Page 422
T......Page 423
Z......Page 424