FOR THESE GLOBAL EDITION, THE EDITORIAL TEAM AT PEARSON HAS COLLABORATED WITH EDUCATORS ACROSS THE WORLD TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS AND REQUIREMENTS, EQUIPPING STUDENTS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE LEARNING TOOLS. THIS GLOBAL EDITION PRESERVES THE CUTTING-EDGE APPROACH AND PEDAGOGY OF THE ORIGINAL, BUT ALSO FEATURES ALTERATIONS, CUSTOMIZATION, AND ADAPTION FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN VERSION.
Table of Contents :
PART 1 : GENES, CHROMOSOMES, AND HEREDITY
1. INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS
2. MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS
3. MENDELIAN GENETICS
4. EXTENSIONS OF MENDELIAN GENETICS
5. CHROMOSOME MAPPING IN EUKARYOTES
6. GENETIC ANALYSIS AND MAPPING IN BACTERIA AND BACTERIOPHAGES.
7. SEX DETERMINATION AND SEX CHROMOSOMES
8. CHROMOSOME MUTATIONS: VARIATION IN NUMBER AND ARRENGEMENT
9. EXTRANUCLEAR INHERITANCE
PART 2 : DNA : STRUCTURE, REPLICATION, AND VARITION
10. DNA STRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS
11. DNA REPLICATION AND RECOMBINATION
12. DNA ORGANIZATION IN CHROMOSOMES
PART 3 : GENE EXPRESSION, REGULATION, AND DEVELOPMENT
13. THE GENETIC CODE AND TRANSCRIPTION
14. TRANSLATION AND PROTEINS
15. GENE MUTATION, DNA REPAIR AND TRANSPOSITION
16. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PROKARYOTES
17. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN EUKARYOTES
18. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS
19. CANCER AND REGULATION OF THE CELL CYCLE.
PART 4 : GENOMICS
20. RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY
21. GENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS, AND PROTEOMICS
22. APPLICATIONS AND ETHICS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY.
PART 5 : GENETICS OF ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS
23. QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND MULTIFACTORIAL TRAITS
24. NEUROGENETICS
25. POPULATIONAND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS.
