Designed for introductory genetics courses, this text focuses on the important concepts and mechanics of genetics without losing students in a sea of detail. Pedagogical devices such as, Concept Boxes, appear throughout the text to help students focus on the major concepts of each topic. Opening Stories, that highlight the relevance of genetics in everyday lives, are present at the beginning of each chapter to immediately draw students into the material. Extensive selection of problem sets including comprehension questions, application questions and problems, and challenge questions.This text builds upon features that have made past editions so successful: an engaging writing style; relevant applications; an accessible and instructive art program; an emphasis on problem-solving; and, most importantly, a strong focus on concepts and connections.

1. Introduction to Genetics
2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction
3. Basic Principles of Heredity
4. Sex Determimation and Sex-Linked Characteristics
5. Extensions and Modification of basic Principles
6. Pedigree Analysis, Applications, and Genetic Testing
7. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping
8. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems
9. Chromosome Varation
10. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene
11. Chromosome Structure and Transposable Elements
12. DNA Replication and Recombination
13. Trascription
14. RNA Moleculars and RNA Processing
15. The Genetic Code and Translation
16. Control of Gene Expression in Projaryotes
17. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
18. Gene Mutations and DNA Repair
19. Molexcular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology
20. Genomics and Proteomics
21. Organelle DNA
22. Developmental Genetics and Immunogenetics
23. Cancer Genetics
24. Quantitative Genetics
25. Population Genetics
26. Evolutionary Genetics

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