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Genetics: Analysis and Principles is a one-semester, introductory genetics textbook that takes an experimental approach to understanding genetics. By weaving one or two experiments into the narrative of each chapter, students can simultaneously explore the scientific method and understand the genetic principles that have been learned from these experiments. The pedagogy of Genetics: Analysis & Principles has been designed to foster student learning. Instead of being a collection of facts and figures,this text is intended to be an engaging and motivating textbook in which formative assessment allows students to move ahead and learn the material in a productive way.
List of contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Overview of Genetics
PART II PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE
2 Mendelian Inheritance
3 Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction
4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
5 Non-Mendelian Inheritance
6 Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes
7 Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria
8 Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number
PART III MOLECULAR STRUCTURE & REPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
9 Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA
10 Molecular Structure of Chromosomes and Transposable Elements
11 DNA Replication
PART IV MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF GENES
12 Gene Transcription and RNA Modification
13 Translation of mRNA
14 Gene Regulation in Bacteria
15 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes I: Transcriptional and Translation Regulation
16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes II: Epigenetics
17 Non-coding RNAs
18 Genetics of Viruses
19 Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Recombination
PART V GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
20 Molecular Technologies
21 Biotechnology
22 Genomics I: Analysis of DNA
23 Genomics II: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics
PART VI GENETIC ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
24 Medical Genetics
25 Genetics Basis of Cancer
26 Developmental Genetics
27 Population Genetics
28 Complex and Quantitative Traits29 Evolutionary Genetics
About the author
Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.
Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.
