ISE Concepts of Genetics (3rd Edition)

Description

Concepts of Genetics is a one semester introductory genetics text that explains genetics concepts in a concise, engaging and up-to-date manner. Rob Brooker, author of market leading texts in Genetics and Intro Biology for majors, brings his clear and accessible writing style to this briefer genetics text. He employs the use of experimentation and stresses the fundamentals of the Scientific Method in presenting genetics concepts, then further engages the reader through the use of formative assessment to assist the student in understanding the core genetic principles.

Table of Contents

1. PART I INTRODUCTION
   1. Overview of Genetics
      
2. PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
   1. Reproduction and Chromosome Transmission
   2. Mendelian Inheritance
   3. Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
   4. Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
   5. Extranuclear Inheritance, Imprinting, and Maternal Effect
   6. Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes
   7. Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number
   8. Genetics of Bacteria
   9. Genetics of Viruses
      
3. PART III MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
   1. Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA
   2. Molecular Structure and Organization of Chromosomes and Transportation
   3. DNA Replication and Recombination
      
4. PART IV MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES
   1. Gene Transcription and RNA Modification
   2. Translation of mRNA
   3. Gene Regulation in Bacteria
   4. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes18 Non-Coding RNAs
   5. Gene Mutation and DNA Repair
      
5. PART V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
   1. Molecular Technologies
   2. Genomics
      
6. PART VI GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
   1. Medical Genetics and Cancer
   2. Population Genetics
   3. Quantitative Genetics

Author Biography

Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.