Introduction to genetics / Sandra Pennington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennington, Sandra.

Series:

11th hour (Malden, Mass.)

11th hour

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics.

Molecular genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass : Blackwell Science, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 11th Hour Series of revision guides are designed for quick reference. The organization of these books actively involves students in the learning process and reinforces concepts. At the end of each chapter there is a test including multiple choice questions, true/false questions and short answer questions, and every answer involves an explanation. Each book contains icons in the text indicating additional support on a dedicated web page. Students having difficulties with their courses will find this an excellent way to raise their grades.Clinical correlations or ever

Contents:

Introduction to Genetics; CONTENTS; 11th Hour Guide to Success; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Mendelian Inheritance; TOPIC 1: THE REASONS FOR MENDEL'S SUCCESS; TOPIC 2: DOMINANCE AND RECESSIVENESS; TOPIC 3: THE PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION; TOPIC 4: THE TESTCROSS; TOPIC 5: THE PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT; TOPIC 6: TESTCROSSES REVISITED; TOPIC 7: MENDEL AND MEIOSIS; CHAPTER 2: Probability and Statistics; TOPIC 1: PROBABILITY AND THE PRODUCT RULE; TOPIC 2: SUM RULE; TOPIC 3: CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; TOPIC 4: BINOMIAL PROBABILITY; TOPIC 5: SIGNIFICANCE TESTING WITH THE CHI-SQUARE ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 3: Extensions of Mendelian InheritanceTOPIC 1: PEDIGREES; TOPIC 2: INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE AND CODOMINANCE; TOPIC 3: LETHAL ALLELES; TOPIC 4: MULTIPLE ALLELES; TOPIC 5: GENE INTERACTION; TOPIC 6: SEX LINKAGE; FIRST MIDTERM EXAM; CHAPTER 4: Linkage; TOPIC 1: BACKGROUND FOR LINKAGE; TOPIC 2: LINKAGE AND CROSSING OVER; TOPIC 3: GENETIC MAPS; TOPIC 4: GENE ORDER AND DISTANCE; TOPIC 5: INTERFERENCE; CHAPTER 5: DNA, RNA, and Proteins; TOPIC 1: DNA STRUCTURE; TOPIC 2: ORGANIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC CHROMATIN AND CHROMOSOMES; TOPIC 3: REPLICATION; TOPIC 4: RNA AND TRANSCRIPTION

TOPIC 5: PROTEIN AND TRANSLATIONTOPIC 6: CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION; TOPIC 7: DNA REPAIR SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 6: Mutation; TOPIC 1: MUTATION; TOPIC 2: MUTAGENS; TOPIC 3: FEATURES OF MUTATION; TOPIC 4: CLASSIFICATION OF MUTATIONS; CHAPTER 7: Chromosomal Aberrations; TOPIC 1: POLYPLOIDY; TOPIC 2: ANEUPLOIDY; TOPIC 3: DELETIONS; TOPIC 4: DUPLICATIONS; TOPIC 5: INVERSIONS; TOPIC 6: TRANSLOCATIONS; Second Midterm Exam; CHAPTER 8: The Gene as a Functional Unit; TOPIC 1: ONE GENE-ONE ENZYME; TOPIC 2: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENE SEQUENCE AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE; TOPIC 3: COMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 9: Techniques of Molecular GeneticsTOPIC 1: RECOMBINANT DNA; TOPIC 2: GENOMIC AND cDNA LIBRARIES; TOPIC 3: RESTRICTION MAPPING AND RFLP MAPPING; TOPIC 4: SEQUENCING; TOPIC 5: POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; CHAPTER 10: Population Genetics; TOPIC 1: GENOTYPIC AND ALLELIC FREQUENCIES; TOPIC 2: HARDY-WEINBERG LAW; TOPIC 3: TESTING FOR HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM; TOPIC 4: MUTATION AND MIGRATION; TOPIC 5: RANDOM MATING; TOPIC 6: GENETIC DRIFT; TOPIC 7: NATURAL SELECTION; Final Exam

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612370984

9781282370982

1282370987

9781444313215

1444313215

OCLC:

609844443