1 Genetics: The Study of Biological Information

Part 1 Basic Principles: How Traits Are Transmitted

2 Mendel's Breakthrough: Patterns, Particles, and Principles of Heredity

3 Extensions to Mendel: Complexities in Relating Genotype to Phenotype

4 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

5 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes

Part 2 What Genes Are and What They Do

6 DNA: How the Molecule of Heredity Carries, Replicates, and Recombines Information

7 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation

8 Gene Expression: The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA via RNA to Protein

Part 3 Genomes

9 Deconstructing the Genome: DNA at High Resolution

10 Reconstructing the Genome Through Genetic and Molecular Analysis

11 The Direct Detection of Genotype Distinguishes Individual Genomes

Part 4 How Genes Travel

12 The Eukaryotic Chromosome: An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA

13 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes

14 The Prokaryotic Chromosome: Genetic Analysis in Bacteria

15 The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibit Non-Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance

Part 5 How Genes Are Regulated

16 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes

17 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes

18 Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of Cancer

19 Using Genetics to Study Development

Part 6 How Genes Change

20 The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve

21 Evolution at the Molecular Level

Reference: Portraits of Model Eukaryotic Organisms

A Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Genetic Portrait of Yeast

B Arabidopsis thaliana: Genetic Portrait of a Model Plant

C Caenorhabditis elegans: Genetic Portrait of a Simple Multicellular Organism

D Drosophila melanogaster: Genetic Portrait of the Fruit Fly

E Mus musculus: Genetic Portrait of the House Mouse

Guidelines for Gene Nomenclature

Brief Answer Section