Table of Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION1 Overview of Genetics  PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE2 Mendelian Inheritance  3 Reproduction and Chromosome Transmission  4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance  5 Non-Mendelian Inheritance  6 Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes  7 Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages 8 Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number   PART III MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL9 Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA  10 Chromosome Organization and Molecular Structure  11 DNA Replication   PART IV MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES12 Gene Transcription and RNA Modification  13 Translation of mRNA  14 Gene Regulation in Bacteria and Bacteriophages  15 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes  16 Gene Mutation and DNA Repair  17 Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level   PART V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES18 Recombinant DNA Technology  19 Biotechnology  20 Genomics I: Analysis of DNA  21 Genomics II: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics  PART VI GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS22 Medical Genetics and Cancer  23 Developmental Genetics  24 Population Genetics  25 Quantitative Genetics  26 Evolutionary Genetics  

About the Author

Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.