Research Catalog

Title

Principles of genetics / D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons.

Author

Snustad, D. Peter.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

Simmons, Michael J.

Description

xx, 866 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Subjects

• Manuals (Handbooks)
• Génétique
• Genetics

Genre/Form

Manuals (Handbooks)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 800-805) and index.

Contents

1. The science of genetics -- 2. Cellular reproduction and model genetic organisms -- 3. Mendelism : the basic principles of inheritance -- 4. Extensions of Mendelism -- 5. The chromosomal basis of Mendelism -- 6. Variation in chromosome number and structure -- 7. Linkage, crossing over, and chromosome mapping in eukaryotes -- 8. The genetics of microorganisms -- 9. DNA and the molecular structure of chromosomes -- 10. Replication of DNA and chromosomes -- 11. Transcription and RNA processing -- 12. Translation and the genetic code -- 13. Mutation, DNA repair, and recombination -- 14. Definitions of the gene -- 15. The techniques of molecular genetics -- 16. Genomics -- 17. Applications of molecular genetics -- 18. Transposable genetic elements -- 19. The genetics of mitochondria and chloroplasts -- 20. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and their viruses -- 21. Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes -- 22. The genetic control of animal development -- 23. The genetic control of the vertebrate immune system -- 24. The genetic basis of cancer -- 25. Inheritance of complex traits -- 26. Population genetics -- 27. Evolutionary genetics -- Epilogue : genetics yesterday, today, and tomorrow, a personal view.

ISBN

• 047169939X
• 9780471699392

LCCN

• 2006271886
• 9780471699392

OCLC

• ocm62391313
• SCSB-5305813

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries