Genetics 101
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2007
216 pages
978-0-313-08841-4 (ISBN)
Description
What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Genetics 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of genetics using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-313-08841-4 (9780313088414)
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Michael Windelspecht is Assistant Professor of Biology at Appalachian State University. He is the author or co-author of numerous works for Greenwood, including The Digestive System and The Lymphatic System in the Human Body Systems series.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Genetics as a Science
- Corn and Wheat: Birth of Civilization and Genetics
- Gregor Mendel and Genetics
- Important Genetic Terms
- Thomas Hunt Morgan and the Fly Lab
- Is Inheritance as Simple as Mendel Suggested?
- Incomplete Dominance
- Multiple-Allele Systems
- Gene Interactions
- 2. DNA as the Hereditary Molecule
- Griffith and the Transformation of DNA
- Avery and the Transforming Principle
- DNA or Protein? The Hershey-Chase Experiments
- The Structure of DNA
- Chargaff and Complementation
- Wilkins, Franklin, and DNA Crystals
- Pauling and Proteins
- Watson and Crick Unveil the Double Helix
- Meselson, Stahl, and DNA Replication
- DNA versus RNA
- 3. Genetics at the Molecular Level
- Molecular Mechanism of DNA Replication
- One-Gene, One-Enzyme
- Structure of a Gene
- Transcription
- RNA Editing
- The Genetic Code
- Translation
- Protein Structure
- Turning Genes On and Off
- 4. Studying the Gene
- Restriction Endonucleases
- Gel Electrophoresis
- Cloning
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- DNA Libraries
- Southern Blotting
- DNA Sequencing
- DNA Microarrays
- Molecular Markers
- Genetic Maps
- 5. Changes to the Genetic Material
- Chromosome Structure
- Observing Chromosomes
- Changes in Chromosome Structure
- Changes in Chromosome Number
- Types of Mutations
- Agents of Mutation
- Transposons-The "Jumping Genes"
- 6. Manipulating the Gene and Genome
- Recombinant DNA
- Transgenic Plants and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
- Gene Therapy
- Knock-Out Mouse
- RNA Interference
- Site-Directed Mutagenesis
- 7. Applications of Genetics
- Population Genetics
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Cancer Genetics
- Behavioral Genetics
- Quantitative Genetics
- Genetics of Complex Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- Narcolepsy
- Diabetes
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Glossary
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- References and Resources
- Web
- Index
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