Advanced Genetics: Mechanisms of Inheritance and Analysis

by Neil Voss

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Roosevelt University
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Biology
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Foundations of Genetic Disorders
  7. 1.1: Defining Disorders
  8. 1.2: Examples of Genetic Disorders
  9. 1.3: Summary
  10. 2: DNA Structure and Sequences
  11. 2.1: Overview
  12. 2.2: DNA is the Genetic Material
  13. 2.3: The Structure of DNA
  14. 2.4: Genes are the Basic Units of Inheritance
  15. 2.5: The Function of Genes
  16. 2.6: The Nuclear Genome
  17. 3: DNA Profiling and Techniques
  18. 3.1: ‘Omics Technologies
  19. 3.2: DNA Sequencing
  20. 3.3: Whole Genome Sequencing
  21. 3.4: Isolating or Detecting a Specific Sequence by PCR
  22. 3.5: DNA Analysis - Gel Electrophoresis
  23. 3.6: DNA Analysis- Blotting and Hybridization
  24. 4: Mendelian Genetics
  25. 4.1: Alleles and genes
  26. 4.2: Mendel’s First Law
  27. 4.3: Mendel and his peas
  28. 4.4: The law of segregation
  29. 4.5: The law of independent assortment
  30. 4.6: Relationships Between Genes, Genotypes and Phenotypes
  31. 4.7: Worked example - Punnett squares
  32. 4.8: Biochemical Basis of Dominance
  33. 4.9: Crossing Techniques Used in Classical Genetics
  34. 4.10: Probabilities in genetics
  35. 5: Allele and Gene Interactions
  36. 5.1: Phenotypes May Not Be As Expected from the Genotype
  37. 5.2: Co-dominance and Incomplete Dominance
  38. 5.3: Phenotypic Ratios May Not Be As Expected
  39. 5.4: Multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, and codominance
  40. 5.5: Pleiotropy and lethal alleles
  41. 5.6: Polygenic inheritance and environmental effects
  42. 5.7: Non-Mendelian inheritance review
  43. 6: Chromosomal Inheritance
  44. 6.1: DNA is Packaged into Chromatin
  45. 6.2: Mitosis
  46. 6.3: Meiosis
  47. 6.4: Karyotypes Describe Chromosome Number and Structure
  48. 6.5: Polyploidy Arises from Changes in Whole Sets of Chromosomes
  49. 6.6: Sex-Linkage- An Exception to Mendel’s First Law
  50. 6.7: Example punnet square for sex-linked recessive trait
  51. 6.8: X-linked inheritance
  52. 7: Chi Square Analysis
  53. 7.1: Binomial Distribution
  54. 7.2: Phenotypic Ratios May Not Be As Expected
  55. 7.3: Goodness-of-Fit Test
  56. 8: Gene Mapping and Recombination
  57. 8.1: Linkage
  58. 8.2: Recombination
  59. 8.3: Linkage Reduces Recombination Frequency
  60. 8.4: Crossovers Allow Recombination of Linked Loci
  61. 8.5: Inferring Recombination From Genetic Data
  62. 8.6: Genetic Mapping
  63. 8.7: Mapping With Three-Point Crosses
  64. 8.8: Linkage and Mapping (Exercises)
  65. 8.9: Linkage and Mapping (Summary)
  66. 9: Chromosomal Disorders
  67. 9.1: Changes in Chromosome Number
  68. 9.2: Changes in Chromosome Structure
  69. 9.3: Chromosome Abnormalities in Humans
  70. 9.4: Diagnosing Human Chromosome Abnormalities
  71. 9.5: Gene Balance
  72. 9.6: X-inactivation
  73. 10: Population Genetics
  74. 11: Gene Trees and Relationships
  75. Back Matter
  76. Index
  77. Detailed Licensing
  78. Glossary
  79. Detailed Licensing