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Principles of Genetics Seventh Edition PDF

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Principles of Genetics is one of the most popular texts in use for the introductory course. It opens a window on the rapidly advancing science of genetics by showing exactly how genetics is done. Throughout, the authors incorporate a human emphasis and highlight the role of geneticists to keep students interested and motivated. The seventh edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest developments in the field of genetics. Principles of Genetics continues to educate today’s students for tomorrows science by focusing on features that aid in content comprehension and application. This text is an unbound, three hole punched version.

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Сategories: Biology-Genetics
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Loose Leaf ‏ : ‎ 648 pages
Table of Contents
C H A P T E R 1
The Science of Genetics 1
The Personal Genome 1
An Invitation 2
Three Great Milestones in Genetics 2
MENDEL: GENES AND THE RULES OF INHERITANCE 2
WATSON AND CRICK: THE STRUCTURE OF DNA 3
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT: SEQUENCING DNA
AND CATALOGING GENES 4
DNA as the Genetic Material 6
DNA REPLICATION: PROPAGATING GENETIC INFORMATION 6
GENE EXPRESSION: USING GENETIC INFORMATION 7
MUTATION: CHANGING GENETIC INFORMATION 9
Genetics and Evolution 10
Levels of Genetic Analysis 11
CLASSICAL GENETICS 11
MOLECULAR GENETICS 11
POPULATION GENETICS 12
Genetics in the World: Applications of Genetics
to Human Endeavors 12
GENETICS IN AGRICULTURE 12
GENETICS IN MEDICINE 14
GENETICS IN SOCIETY 15
C H A P T E R 2
Cellular Reproduction 18
Dolly 18
Cells and Chromosomes 19
THE CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT 19
PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS 20
CHROMOSOMES: WHERE GENES ARE LOCATED 20
CELL DIVISION 23
Mitosis 24
Meiosis 27
MEIOSIS: AN OVERVIEW 27
MEIOSIS I 27
SOLVE IT How Much DNA in Human Meiotic Cells 27
MEIOSIS II AND THE OUTCOMES OF MEIOSIS 31
SOLVE IT How Many Chromosome Combinations
in Sperm 31
Life Cycles of Some Model Genetic
Organisms 32
SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE, BAKER’S YEAST 32
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, A FLOWERING PLANT 33
MUS MUSCULUS, THE MOUSE 34
PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLS Counting
Chromosomes and Chromatids 36
C H A P T E R 3
Mendelism: The Basic Principles
of Inheritance 40
The Birth of Genetics: A Scientific Revolution 40
Mendel’s Study of Heredity 41
MENDEL’S EXPERIMENTAL ORGANISM, THE GARDEN PEA 41
MONOHYBRID CROSSES: THE PRINCIPLES OF DOMINANCE
AND SEGREGATION 42
DIHYBRID CROSSES: THE PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT
ASSORTMENT 44
Applications of Mendel’s Principles 46
THE PUNNETT SQUARE METHOD 46
THE FORKEDLINE METHOD 46
THE PROBABILITY METHOD 47
SOLVE IT Using Probabilities in a
Genetic Problem 48
Testing Genetic Hypotheses 48
TWO EXAMPLES: DATA FROM MENDEL AND DEVRIES 49
THE CHISQUARE TEST 49
SOLVE IT Using the Chi-Square Test 52
Mendelian Principles in Human Genetics 52
PEDIGREES 53
MENDELIAN SEGREGATION IN HUMAN FAMILIES 54
GENETIC COUNSELING 54
PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLS Making Predictions
from Pedigrees 5…
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D. Peter Snustad and Michael J. Simmons are the authors of Principles of Genetics, Binder Ready Version, 7th Edition, published by Wiley.
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