About the Autmor Preface PROLOGUE PART Ⅰ Basic Principles:How Traits Are Transmitted CHAPTER 1 Mendel's Breakthrough:Patterns,Particles,and Principles of Heredity CHAPTER 2 Extensions to Mendel:Complexities in Relating Genotype to Phenotype CHAPTER 3 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance CHAPTER4 Linkage,Recombination,and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes PART Ⅱ What Genes Are and What They Do CHAPTER 5 DNA:How the Molecule of Heredity Carries,Replicate,and Recombines CHAPTER 6 Anatomy and Function of a Gene:Dissection Through Mutation CHAPTER 7 Gene Expression:The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA via RNA to Protein PART Ⅲ Using Genetic Engineering to Unravel the Information in Genomes CHAPTER 8 DNA a High Resolution:Use of DNA Cloning,PCR,and Hybridization as the Tools of Genetic Analysis CHAPTER 9 The Direct Detection of Genotype CHAPTER 10 The Mapping and Analysis of Genomes PART Ⅳ How Genes Travel CHAPTER 11 The Eukaryotic Chromosome:An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA CHAPTER 12 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes CHAPTER 13 The Prokaryotic Chromosome:Genetic Analysis in Bacteria CHAPTER 14 The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibitis NonMendelian Patterns of Inheritance PART Ⅴ How Genes Are Regulated CHAPTER 15 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes CHAPTER 16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes CHAPTER 17 Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of Cancer PART Ⅵ Gene Regulation and Development:Portraits of Model Eukaryotic Organisms USING GENETICS TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT An Introduction to the Genetic Portraits CHAPTER 18 Saccharomyes cerevisiae:A Genetic Portrait of Yeast CHAPTER 19 Arabidopsis thalinana:Genetic Portrait of a Model Plant CHAPTER 20 Caenorhabditis elegans:Genetic Portrait of a Simple Multicellular Animal CHAPTER 21 Drosophila melanogaster:Genetic Portrait of the Fruit Fly CHAPTER 22 Mus musculus:A Genetic Portrait of the House Mouse PART Ⅶ How Genes Change CHAPTER 23 The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve CHAPTER 24 Evolution at the Molecular Level EPILOGUE Human Genetics and the Future of APPENDIX A Guidelines for Gene Nomenclature APPENDIX B Brief Answers Section GLOSSARY CREDITS INDEX