Genetics (Schaum´s Outlines) – William Stansfield, Susan L. Elrod – 5th Edition

Chapter 1 The Physical Basis of Heredity
1.1 Genetics
1.2 Cells
1.3 Chromosomes
1.4 Cell Division and Reproduction
1.5 Mendels Laws of Inheritance
1.6 Gametogenesis
1.7 Genetic Model Systems

Chapter 2 Patterns of Inheritance
2.1 Terminology
2.2 Dominant and Recessive Alleles
2.3 Crosses Involving Single Genes
2.4 Other Allelic Relationships
2.5 Probability Theory
2.6 Statistical Distributions
2.7 Crosses Involving Two or More Genes
2.8 Testing Genetic Ratios
2.9 Pedigree Analysis

Chapter 3 The Biochemical Basis of Heredity
3.1 Nucleic Acids
3.2 Protein Structure
3.3 Genetic Information Flow
3.4 Defining the Gene
3.5 Protein Synthesis
3.6 DNA Replication
3.7 Mutations
3.8 DNA Repair

Chapter 4 Genetic Interactions
4.1 Two-Factor Interactions
4.2 Epistatic Interactions
4.3 Pedigree Analysis
4.4 Nonepistatic Interactions
4.5 Interactions with Three or More Factors
4.6 Pleiotropism

Chapter 5 The Genetics of Sex
5.1 The Importance of Sex
5.2 Sex-Determining Mechanisms
5.3 Sex-Linked Inheritance
5.4 Variations of Sex Linkage
5.5 Sex-Influenced Traits
5.6 Sex-Limited Traits
5.7 Sex Reversal
5.8 Sexual Phenomena in Plants

Chapter 6 Linkage and Chromosome Mapping
6.1 Recombination Among Linked Genes
6.2 Genetic Mapping
6.3 Linkage Estimates from F[Sub(2)] Data
6.4 Use of Genetic Maps
6.5 Crossover Suppression
6.6 Tetrad Analysis in Fungi
6.7 Recombination Mapping with Tetrads

Chapter 7 Cytogenetics
7.1 The Union of Cytology with Genetics
7.2 Chromosome Structure
7.3 Variation in Chromosome Number
7.4 Variation in Chromosome Size
7.5 Variation in the Arrangement of Chromosome Segments
7.6 Variation in the Number of Chromosome Segments
7.7 Variation in Chromosome Morphology
7.8 Human Cytogenetics

Chapter 8 Quantitative Genetics
8.1 Qualitative vs. Quantitative Traits
8.2 Polygenic Traits
8.3 The Normal Distribution
8.4 Types of Gene Action
8.5 Heritability
8.6 Selection Methods
8.7 Mating Methods

Chapter 9 Population Genetics and Evolution
9.1 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
9.2 Calculating Gene Frequencies
9.3 Testing a Locus for Equilibrium
9.4 Natural Selection and Evolution

Chapter 10 Genetics of Bacteria
10.1 Characteristics of Bacteria
10.2 Culture Techniques
10.3 Bacterial Phenotypes and Genotypes
10.4 Isolation of Bacterial Mutants
10.5 Bacterial DNA Replication and Cell Division
10.6 Bacterial Transcription
10.7 Bacterial Translation
10.8 Genetic Recombination
10.9 Regulation of Bacterial Gene Activity
10.10 Mapping the Bacterial Chromosome
Chapter 11 Viruses, Transposable Elements, and Cancer
11.1 Viruses
11.2 Bacteriophages
11.3 Eukaryotic Viruses
11.4 Transposable Elements
11.5 Cancer

Chapter 12 Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
12.1 History
12.2 Recombinant DNA Technology
12.3 DNA Sequencing
12.4 Production of Recombinant Gene Products in Industry
12.5 Bioinformatics
12.6 The Human Genome Project
12.7 DNA Microarrays and Functional Genomics

Chapter 13 The Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes
13.1 Genome Size and Complexity
13.2 Organization of the Nuclear Genome
13.3 Gene Expression
13.4 Regulation of Gene Expression
13.5 Development
13.6 Somatic Nuclear Transfer and Cloning
13.7 Organelles