ABSTRACT

The third edition of Instant Notes in Genetics focuses on the core concepts of human and molecular genetics. There is an increased emphasis on genomics, reflected in new material and the reorganisation of the contents - there is a section on Genomes that includes material on the completed genome projects. There is also more detail on human evolution.

chapter |7 pages

GENES

chapter |8 pages

GENE

TRANSCRIPTION

chapter |5 pages

TRANSFER RNA

chapter |4 pages

RIBOSOMAL RNA

chapter |6 pages

MESSENGER RNA

chapter |15 pages

TRANSLATION

chapter |15 pages

REGULATION

EXPRESSION IN PROKARYOTES

chapter |8 pages

EPIGENETICS

CHROMATIN MODIFICATION

chapter |9 pages

Section B – Genomes

chapter |3 pages

CELL

DIVISION

chapter |5 pages

PROKARYOTIC

GENOMES

chapter |13 pages

EUKARYOTE

GENOMES

chapter |9 pages

MUTAGENS

REPAIR

chapter |7 pages

RECOMBINATION

chapter |6 pages

BACTERIOPHAGES

chapter |7 pages

EUKARYOTIC

VIRUSES

chapter |5 pages

GENOME

ANALYSIS

chapter |7 pages

Section C – Mechanisms of inheritance

GENETICS

chapter |8 pages

MORE MENDELIAN

GENETICS

chapter |7 pages

MEIOSIS

chapter |7 pages

LINKAGE

chapter |7 pages

TRANSFER

BETWEEN BACTERIA

chapter |4 pages

GENES

ORGANELLES

chapter |19 pages

QUANTITATIVE

INHERITANCE

chapter |5 pages

INBREEDING

chapter |5 pages

PROBABILITIES

chapter |7 pages

TESTS : CHI-SQUARE

EXACT TESTS

chapter |7 pages

EVOLUTION

SELECTION

chapter |9 pages

GENES : HARDY–WEINBERG

EQUILIBRIUM

chapter |5 pages

GENETIC

DIVERSITY

chapter |6 pages

NEO-DARWINIAN : SELECTION

EVOLUTION ACTING ON ALLELES

chapter |11 pages

CHROMOSOME

CHANGE

chapter |7 pages

SPECIES

chapter |5 pages

POLYPLOIDY

chapter |6 pages

EVOLUTION

chapter |6 pages

HUMAN

EVOLUTION

chapter |23 pages

Section E – Recombinant DNA technology

chapter |7 pages

BIOINFORMATICS

chapter |14 pages

GENETIC

DISEASES

chapter |5 pages

GENES

chapter |5 pages

GENE

THERAPY

chapter |7 pages

GENETICS

SCIENCE

chapter |6 pages

BIOTECHNOLOGY

chapter |6 pages

TRANSGENICS

chapter |9 pages

ETHICS

chapter |8 pages

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