Modern genetic analysis : integrating genes and genomes /
Anthony J.F. Griffiths ... [et al.].
- 2nd ed.
- New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., c2002.
- xix, 736 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Fundamentals of gene structure, function, and transmission: Genetics and the Organism -- The Structure of genes and genomes -- Gene function -- The transmission of DNA at cell division -- The Inheritance of single-gene differences -- Genetic recombination in eukaryotes -- Recombination in bacteria and their viruses -- Methods of genetic manipulation: Recombination DNA and genetic engineering -- Genomics -- Gene mutation : origins and repair processes -- Chromosome mutations -- Mutational dissection -- Systems genetics: from gene to phenotype: Regulation of gene transcription -- From gene to phenotype -- Regulation of cell number: normal and cancer cells -- The Genetic basis of development -- Genetic analysis of populations: Population genetics -- Quantitative genetics -- Evolutionary genetics.