Brief Contents

1. Introduction to Genetics

2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction

3. Basic Principles of Heredity

4. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles

5. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping

6. Chromosome Variation

7. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems

8. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene

9. DNA Replication and Recombination

10. From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing

11. From DNA to Proteins: Translation

12. Control of Gene Expression

13. Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair

14. Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology

15. Genomics and Proteomics

16. Cancer Genetics

17. Quantitative Genetics

18. Population and Evolutionary Genetics