Genetics : a conceptual approach /
Benjamin A. Pierce.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : W.H. Freeman, c2005.
- xxiii ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction to genetics -- Chromosomes and cellular reproduction -- Basic principles of heredity -- Sex determination and sex-linked characteristics -- Extensions and modifications of basic principles -- Pedigree analysis and applications -- Linkage, recombination and eukaryotic gene mapping -- Bacterial and viral genetic systems -- Chromosome structure and transposable elements -- DNA replication and recombination -- Transcription -- RNA Molecules and RNA Processing -- The genetic code and translation -- Control of Gene expression -- Gene mutations and DNA repair -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Genomics -- Organelle DNA -- Advanced topics in genetics: developmental genetics, immunogenetics and cancer genetics -- Quantitative genetics -- Population and evolutionary genetics --