In recent years the science of genetics has been undergoing a sea change. The DNA of genomes, even large ones, can now be analyzed in great detail; the functions of individual genes can be studied with an impressive array of new techniques; and organisms can be changed genetically by introducing alien or altered genes into their genomes.
All of these developments have placed genetics in the center of a technological revolution that is affecting agriculture, medicine, and society. At a more basic level, genetics has become a key science-some would say the key science-in all of biology. Genetic information and genetic analysis are now crucial to research in almost every biological discipline. We have prepared the fourth edition of Principles of Genetics with these considerations in mind. Recent discoveries have been incorporated into the text, and the pedagogy has been enhanced. By building on the strengths of previous editions, we hope that Principles of Genetics will continue to serve students and teachers of genetics around the world.
1. An Introduction to Genetics
2. Mitosis, Meiosis, and Model Genetic
3. Mendel;s Principles of Inheritance
4. Extensionsof Menndel;s Principles
5. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
6. Cytogenetics
7. Linkage and Chromosome Mapping in Higher Organisms
8. TheGenetics of Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungi
9. The Structures of DNA and Chromosomes
10. The Replication of DNA and Chromosomes
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