Table of Contents

Unit I Genes, Chromosomes, and Genomes
1: The Logic of Genetic Analysis
2: Model Organisms and Their Genomes
3: Genomes, Chromosomes, and Epigenetics
Unit II Genes and Mutations
4: Identifying and Classifying Mutants
5: Connecting a Phenotype to a DNA Sequence
6: Finding Mutant Phenotypes for Cloned Genes
7: Genome-wide Mutant Screens
Unit III Genes and Natural Variation
8: Genome-wide Associations
9: Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits
10: Genetic Analysis Using Natural Variation
Unit IV Gene Interactions
11: Using One Gene to Identify Functionally Related Genes
12: Epistasis and Genetic Pathways
13: Pathways, Networks, and Systems
14: Genes, Systems, and Phenotypes

Promotional Information

Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology Undergraduate Textbook Prize 2015

About the Author

Philip Meneely is Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology at Haverford College, PA, where he teaches genetics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition It is, in many ways, the book I have been looking for since I started to teach this course 15 years ago: a book that teaches methods of genetic analysis and is suitable for a senior-level course.'
Dr Steve Mount, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, USA
`I love this text. I have not seen a text with as much current information on the most important aspects of genetics and genomics today.'
Professor Christine Rushlow, Department of Biology, New York University, USA
`It is an innovative effort to present standard genetic approaches in the context of recent genome-wide approaches.'
Professor Stephen H. Munroe, Biological Sciences, Marquette University, USA
`It is refreshing to see the focus move away from the detail of molecular mechanism towards understanding and scientific investigation.'
The Society for General Microbiology
`Philip Meneely makes a concerted effort to tie the key concepts derived from model systems to an understanding of human medical genetics, which works well and will be appreciated by students.'
The Society for General Microbiology