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Genetics : from genes to genomes / Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood.
Holman Biotech Commons - Reserve QH430 .G458 2018
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartwell, Leland, author.
- Goldberg, Michael, 1950- author.
- Fischer, Janice A., author.
- Hood, Leroy E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetics.
- Physical Description:
- xx pages, 828 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]
- Summary:
- Builds upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles. This book provides students with the links between the early understanding of genetics and the molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed.
- Contents:
- Genetics: the study of biological information
- Part 1. Basic principles: how traits are transmitted
- Mendel's principles of heredity
- Extensions of Mendel's laws
- The chromosome theory of inheritance
- Linkage, recombination, and the mapping of genes on chromosomes
- Part II. What genes are and what they do
- DNA structure, replication, and recombination
- Anatomy and function of a gene: dissection through mutation
- Gene expression: the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein
- Part III. Analysis of genetic information
- Digital analysis of DNA
- Genome annotation
- Analyzing genomic variation
- Part IV. How genes travel on chromosomes
- The Eukaryotic chromosome
- Chromosomal rearrangements and changes in chromosome number
- Bacterial genetics
- Organellar inheritance
- Part V. How genes are regulated
- Gene regulation in prokaryotes
- Gene regulation in eukaryotes
- Part VI. Using genetics
- Manipulating the genomes of eukaryotes
- The genetic analysis of development
- The genetics of cancer
- Part VII. Beyond the individual gene and genome
- Variation and selection in populations
- The genetics of complex traits.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hartwell, Leland. Genetics.
- ISBN:
- 9781259700903
- 1259700909
- OCLC:
- 988864573
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