Synopses & Reviews
This text provides guided instruction for the analysis and interpretation of genetic principles and problem solving. Each section is introduced with a summary of key concepts and an overview of the topic with key terms. A series of problems, progressing from simple to complex, then allows students to test their understanding of the material. Every question and answer includes a detailed explanation. This new edition contains additional problems, greatly expanded coverage of molecular biology, new overview chapters to give additional study hints and perspectives, examples of historical landmarks, crossword puzzles to test knowledge of terms, and new reference tables. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find this book to be an excellent stand-alone resource, or a valuable complement to any genetics textbook.
Review
"...this is a clearly-written and well-organized book, which does an unassuming but important job." Times Higher Education Supplement
Synopsis
A student-tested study aid, this primer provides guided instruction to the analysis and interpretation of genetic principles and problem solving.
Synopsis
This second edition of a student-tested study aid, provides guided instruction to the analysis and interpretation of genetic principles and problem solving. Students at all levels will find this book to be a valuable aid. It will complement any genetics textbook, or can stand alone as a review manual.
Table of Contents
Preface; Note on genetic symbols; 1. Overview of genetic organization and scale; 2. Mitosis and meiosis; 3. Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA; 4. Basic Mendelian genetics; 5. Probability and chi-square; 6. Sex-linkage, multiple alleles, and gene interactions; 7. Pedigree analysis; 8. Overview of basic statistical testing; 9. Quantitative inheritance; 10. Overview of genetic mapping; 11. Assessing chromosome linkage relationships; 12. Linkage and mapping in diploids; 13. Mapping in bacteria, viruses, and other DNA particles; 14. Overview of types of genetic change; 15. Gene mutation; 16. Changes in chromosome number and structure, Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set, Crossword puzzle; 17. Protein synthesis and the genetic code, Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set, Crossword puzzle; 18. Gene regulation and development, Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set; 19. Overview of molecular biology techniques; 20. DNA mapping and human genome analysis, Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set; 21. Basic population genetics, Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set, Crossword puzzle; 22.Selection and evolution; Study hints, Problem set, Answers to problem set, Crossword puzzle; 23. Practice tests; Mitosis and meiosis, Nucleic acids, Basic Mendelian genetics 1, Mendelian genetics 2, Mendelian genetics 3, Linkage and mapping in diploids, Chromosome number and structureMutation and fine structure, Protein synthesis and the genetic code, Gene regulation and development, Genetic material in populations; 24. Answers to practice tests and crossword puzzles, Mitosis and meiosis, Nucleic acids, Basic Mendelian genetics 1, Mendelian genetics 2, Mendelian genetics 3, Linkage and mapping in diploids, Chromosome number and structure, Mutation and fine structure, Protein synthesis and the genetic code, Gene regulation and development, Genetic material in populations, Crossword puzzles; 25. Landmarks in the history of genetics; Glossary; Reference tables; Index