Introduction to Genetic Analysis

Name: Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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ISBN: 9780716768876

ISBN-10: 0716768879

ISBN-13: 9780716768876

Edition: 9th 2008

Authors: Anthony Griffiths, Susan R. Wessler, Richard C. Lewontin, Sean B. Carroll

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The author team welcomes a new coauthor, Sean B. Carroll, a recognized leader in the field of evolutionary development, to this new edition of "Introduction to Genetic Analysis (IGA)." The authors' ambitious new plans for this edition focus on showing how genetics is practiced today. In particular, the new edition renews its emphasis on how genetic analysis can be a powerful tool for answering biological questions of all types. Special Preview available.

Book details

List price: $198.99
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 2/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 800
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.290
Language: English



Preface


Transmission Genetics



The Genetic Approach to Biology



Genetics and the Questions of Biology



The Molecular Basis of Genetic Information


Specifying the amino acid sequence of a protein


Gene regulation



The Program of Genetic Investigation


Starting with variation: Forward genetics


Starting with DNA: Reverse genetics



Methodologies Used in Genetics


Detecting specific molecules of DNA, RNA, and protein



Model Organisms


Lessons from the first model organisms


The need for a variety of model organisms



Genes, the Environment, and the Organism


Model I: Genetic determination


Model II: Environmental determination


Model III: Genotype-environment interaction


The use of genotype and phenotype


Developmental noise


Three levels of development



Single-Gene Inheritance



Genes and Chromosomes



Single-Gene Inheritance Patterns


Mendelï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s law of equal segregatio