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Introducing Genetics
From Mendel to Molecule
By Alison Thomas
- Price: $51.00
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-7487-6440-2
- Publish Date: January 20th 2003
- Imprint: Taylor & Francis
- Pages: 224 pages
Description
The book provides an accessible introduction to the three key areas of genetics: Menelian, Molecular and Population. It describes the basic concepts of genetics from the first principles to most recent developments, and will be easily understood by those following a wide variety of different courses both within and without life sciences.
Contents
1 Introduction. 2 Monohybrid inheritance. 3 Extensions to monohybrid inheritance. 4 Dihybrid inheritance. 5 The chromosomal basis of inheritance. 6 Sex determination and sex linkage. 7 Linkage and chromosome mapping. 8 Variation in chromosomal number and structure. 9 The principles of quantitive genetics. 10 An introduction to population genetics. 11 Heredity at the molecular level. 12 From genes to proteins. 13 Manipulating genes.