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table of contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table Of Contents
Reference Information
The Process of Science
3. Biological Molecules
4. Structure of DNA
5. DNA Replication
6. Protein Synthesis
6.1 What are proteins and what do they do?
6.2 What is a gene?
6.3 How do genes direct the production of proteins?
6.4 Transcription: from DNA to mRNA
6.5 Eukaryotic RNA Processing
6.6 Translation
6.7 The Genetic Code
Optional Section - Micropigs
7. Mutations
How Gene Mutations Occur
Intro to Genetic Disorders
Do all gene affect health and development?
Types of Mutations
Changes in Numbers of Genes
Changes in Chromosome Number
Complex Multifactorial Disorders
Genetic Predispositions
Genetics and Statistics
Gene Regulation
8.1 Prokaryotic versus Eukaryotic Gene Expression
8.2 What is the epigenome?
8.3 Alternative RNA splicing
9. Biotechnology
9.1 Manipulating Genetic Material
9.2 Cloning
9.3 Genetic Engineering
9.4 Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture
9.5 Genomics and Proteomics
9.6 Applying Genomics
9.7 Proteomics
10. Cell Division - Binary Fission and Mitosis
10.1 Prokaryotic Cell Division
10.2 Eukaryotic Cell Division
10.3 Control of the Cell Cycle
10.4 Cancer and the Cell Cycle
11. Meiosis
11.1 Sexual Reproduction
11.2 Overview of Meiosis
11.3 Interphase
11.4 Meiosis I
11.5 Meiosis II
11.6 Comparing Meiosis and Mitosis
11.7 Errors in Meiosis
12. Patterns of Inheritance
12.1 Mendelian Genetics
12.2 Garden Pea Characteristics Revealed the Basics of Heredity
12.3 Phenotypes and Genotypes
12.4 Monohybrid Cross and the Punnett Square
12.5 Laws of Inheritance
12.6 Extensions of the Laws of Inheritance
12.7 Multiple Alleles
12.8 Sex-Linked Traits
12.9 Linked Genes Violate the Law of Independent Assortment
12.10 Epistasis
Genetics: Dog Coat Color
Introduction to Genetics
Pedigrees and Punnett Squares
Black fur color: a dominant trait
Yellow fur color: a recessive trait
Epistasis: the relationship between black, brown, and yellow fur
Brindle color: partial dominance and epistasis
Incomplete dominance: when traits blend
White spotting: When there's more than two alleles
Hemophilia: a sex-linked disorder
Overall phenotypes: putting it all together
Additional complexity
It's not all in the genes
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