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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Basics of Heredity | |
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| Slaying Molecular Dragons: Brenda's Tale | |
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| The Answer In A Nutshell: Genes, Proteins, and the Basis of Life | |
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| Mendel and the Concept of the Gene | |
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| Human Mendelian Genetics | |
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| One Man's Trait Is Another Man's Disease | |
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| The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology | |
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| DNA: The Genetic Alphabet | |
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| The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology: How Genes Encode Proteins | |
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| Splicing the Modular Gene | |
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| Orchestrating the Human Genome | |
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| How Chromosomes Move | |
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| So What are Chromosomes Anyway? | |
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| How Cells Move Your Genes Around | |
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| Passing Genes Between Generations | |
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| The Chromosomal Basis of Heredity | |
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| Mutation | |
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| Absent Essentials and Monkey Wrenches | |
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| How We Detect Mutations | |
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| We Are All Mutants | |
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| What Constitutes Normal? | |
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| Mutations in Mammoth Genes | |
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| Expanded Repeat Traits | |
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| Genes, Chromosomes, and Sex | |
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| The X and Y Chromosomes: The Odd Couple | |
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| Genetics of Sex, Gender, and Orientation | |
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| Aneuploidy: When Too Much or Too Little Counts | |
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| Breaking the Rules | |
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| Imprinting | |
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| Imitating Heredity: One Trait, Many Causes | |
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| The Human Genome Landscape | |
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| The Human Genome Project | |
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| There's Cloning and Then There's Cloning | |
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| The Human Genome Sequence | |
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| Finding Genes in the Human Genome | |
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| Complex and Heterogeneous Traits | |
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| Genotype Phenotype Correlations | |
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| How Complex Can It Get? | |
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| Quantitative Traits | |
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| The MAOA Gene: It There a Genetic Basis for Criminality? | |
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| The Multiple-Hit Hypothesis: The Genetics of Cancer | |
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| Genetic Testing and Therapy | |
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| Genetic Testing and Screening | |
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| Magic Bullets: The Potential for Gene Therapy | |
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| Fears, Faith, and Fantasies | |
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| Heroes Among Us | |
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| Fears, Faith, and Fantasies | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |