Genetics 101

Name: Genetics 101
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ISBN: 9780313333811

ISBN-10: 0313333815

ISBN-13: 9780313333811

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Windelspecht

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What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Genetics 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of genetics using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can…

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List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Series Foreword


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



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?


Incomplete Dominance


Multiple-Allele Systems


Gene Interactions



DNA as the Hereditary Molecule


Griffith and the Transformation of DNA


Avery and the Transforming Principle


DNA or Protein? The Hershey-Chase Experiments


The Structure of DNA


Chargaff and Complementation


Wilkins, Franklin, and DNA Crystals


Pauling and Proteins


Watson and Crick Unveil the Double Helix


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 Material


Chromosome Structure


Observing Chromosomes


Changes in Chromosome Structure


Changes in Chromosome Number


Types of Mutations


Agents of Mutation


Transposons-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


Schizophrenia


Narcolepsy


Diabetes


Retinitis Pigmentosa


Glossary


References and Resources


Print


Web


Index