Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: DNA, Genetics, and the Human Genome -- DNA -- Genetics -- James Dewey Watson -- The DNA Sequencing Technique -- First-Generation Sequencing Technology -- Francis Harry Compton Crick -- Next-Generation Sequencing Technology -- Applications of DNA Sequencing Technologies -- Human Genome -- Role of The Human Genome in Research -- Social Impacts of Human Genome Research -- Origins of the Human Genome -- Whole Genome Sequencing -- Sequencing Methods: From Genes to Genomes -- Next-Generation Technologies -- Chapter 2: Areas of Genetics Research -- Cytogenetics -- Microbial Genetics -- Molecular Genetics -- Genomics: The Study of the Genome -- Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis of Genomes -- Functional Genomics -- Gene Identification by Microarray Genomic Analysis -- Comparative Genomics -- Human Genetics -- Population and Behaviour Genetics -- Chapter 3: History of Genetics Research -- Preformation and Natural Selection -- The Work of Mendel -- How the Gene Idea Became Reality -- The Discovery of Linked Genes -- Early Molecular Genetics -- DNA and the Genetic Code -- Recombinant DNA Technology and the Polymerase Chain Reaction -- Discovery and Rediscovery of Mendel's Laws -- Experimenting With Hybridization -- The Widespread Adoption of Mendel's Laws -- Chapter 4: The Physical Basis of Heredity -- Chromosomes and Cell Division -- Trait Linkage -- Sex Linkage -- Chromosomal Aberrations -- Changes in Structure -- Changes in Chromosome Number -- Understanding Molecular Genetics -- DNA and Heredity -- DNA Structure and Composition -- DNA Replication -- Expression of the Genetic Code: Transcription and Translation -- Gene Mutation -- Regulation of Gene Expression -- Repetitive DNA -- Extranuclear DNA -- Heredity and Evolution -- Population Genetics -- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.

Changes in Gene Frequencies -- Microevolution -- DNA Phylogeny -- Synteny -- Polyploidy -- Human Evolution -- Chapter 5: Advances Based on the Human Genome Project -- International Hapmap Project -- Molecular Biology -- 1000 Genomes Project -- DNA Fingerprinting -- Forensic Analysis -- Applied Genetics -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.