Part One Introduction 1
1 Overview of Genetics 1
2 Cells 21
3 Development 47 Part Two Transmission Genetics 75
4 Mendelian Inheritance 75
5 Extensions and Exceptions
to Mendel’s Laws 95
6 Matters of Sex 113
7 Multifactorial Traits 135
8 The Genetics of Behavior 155Part Three DNA and Chromosomes 171
9 DNA Structure
and Replication 171
10 Gene Action:
From DNA to Protein 185
11 Control of Gene
Expression 205
12 Gene Mutation 217
13 Chromosomes 241Part Four Population Genetics 267
14 When Allele Frequencies
Stay Constant 267
15 Changing Allele
Frequencies 283
16 Human Origins
and Evolution 305Part Five Immunity and Cancer 331
17 Genetics of Immunity 331
18 The Genetics of Cancer 355Part Six Genetic Technologies 377
19 Genetic Technologies:
Amplifying, Modifying, and
Monitoring DNA 377
20 Genetic Testing, Genetic
Counseling, and
Gene Therapy 397
21 Reproductive Technologies 417
22 The Age of Genomics 433
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