Brief Contents : 1 Genetics: The Study of Biological Information 1 // PART I // Basic Principles: How Traits Are Transmitted 14 // 2 Mendel’s Principles of Heredity 14 // 3 Extensions to Mendel’s Laws 45 // 4 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance 89 // 5 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes 133 // PART II // What Genes Are and What They Do 181 // 6 DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination 181 // 7 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation 219 // 8 Gene Expression: The Flow of Information from DNA to RNA to Protein 270 // PART III // Analysis of Genetic Information 316 // 9 Digital Analysis of DNA 316 // 10 Genome Annotation 341 // 11 Analyzing Genomic Variation 365 // // PART IV // How Genes Travel on Chromosomes 406 // 12 The Eukaryotic Chromosome 406 // 13 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number 436 // 14 Bacterial Genetics 487 // 15 Organellar Inheritance 521 // PART V // How Genes Are Regulated 547 // 16 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes 547 // 17 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes 583 // PART VI // Using Genetics 618 // 18 Manipulating the Genomes of Eukaryotes 618 // 19 The Genetic Analysis of Development 646 // 20 The Genetics of Cancer 681 // Beyond the Individual Gene and Genome 713 // 21 Variation and Selection in Populations 713 // 22 The Genetics of Complex Traits 746 // PART VII