Genetics 101 /
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| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Science 101 series.
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Table of Contents:
- Genetics as a science. Corn and wheat: birth of civilization and genetics
- Gregor Mendel and genetics
- Important genetic terms
- Thomas Hunt Morgan and the fly lab
- Is inheritance as simple as Mendel suggested ?
- DNA as the heredity molecule. Griffith and the transformation of DNA
- Avery and the transforming principle
- DNA or protein? The Hershey-Chase experiments
- The structure of DNA
- Meselson, Stahl, and DNA replication
- DNA versus RNA
- Genetics at the molecular level. Molecular mechanism of DNA replication
- One-gene, one-enzyme
- Structure of a gene
- Transcription
- RNA editing
- The genetic code
- Translation
- Protein structure
- Turning genes on and off
- Studying the gene. Restriction endonucleases
- Gel electrophoresis
- Cloning
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- DNA libraries
- Southern blotting
- DNA sequencing
- DNA microarrays
- Molecular markers
- Genetic maps
- Changes to the genetic materials. Chromosome structure
- Observing chromosomes
- Changes in chromosome structure
- Changes in chromosome number
- Types of mutations
- Agents of mutations
- Transport the "jumping genes"
- Manipulating the gene and genome. Recombinant DNA
- Transgenic plants and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- Gene therapy
- Knock-out mouse
- RNA interference
- Site directed mutagenesis
- Applications of genetics. Population genetics
- DNA fingerprinting
- Cancer genetics
- Behavioral genetics
- Quantitative genetics
- Genetics of complex diseases