| PART 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| Chapter 1 | Overview of Genetics |
| PART 2 | PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE |
| Chapter 2 | Mendelian Inheritance |
| Chapter 3 | Reproduction and Chromosome Transmission |
| Chapter 4 | Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance |
| Chapter 5 | Linkage and Genetic Mapping in Eukaryotes |
| Chapter 6 | Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages |
| Chapter 7 | Non-Mendelian Inheritance |
| Chapter 8 | Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number |
| PART 3 | MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL |
| Chapter 9 | Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA |
| Chapter 10 | Chromosome Organization and Molecular Structure |
| Chapter 11 | DNA Replication |
| PART 4 | MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES |
| Chapter 12 | Gene Transcription and RNA Modification |
| Chapter 13 | Translation of mRNA |
| Chapter 14 | Gene Regulation in Bacteria and Bacteriophages |
| Chapter 15 | Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes |
| Chapter 16 | Gene Mutation and DNA Repair |
| Chapter 17 | Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level |
| PART 5 | GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES |
| Chapter 18 | Recombinant DNA Technology |
| Chapter 19 | Genome Analysis |
| Chapter 20 | Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology |
| Chapter 21 | Computer Analysis of Genetic Sequences |
| PART 6 | GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS |
| Chapter 22 | Genetics of Cancer and other Human Diseases |
| Chapter 23 | Developmental Genetics |
| Chapter 24 | Quantitative Genetics |
| Chapter 25 | Population Genetics |
| Chapter 26 | Evolutionary Genetics |