Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index

Genetics: the study of biological information -- Mendel's breakthrough: patterns, particles, and principles of heredity -- Extensions to mendel: complexities in relating genotype to phenotype -- The chromosome theory of inheritance -- Linkage, recombination, and the the mapping of genes on chromosomes -- DNA: how the molecule of heredity carries, replicates, and recombines information -- Anatomy and function of a gene: dissection through mutation -- Gene expression: the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein -- Deconstructing the genome: DNA at high resolution -- Reconstructing the genome through genetic and molecular analysis -- The direct detection of genotype distinguishes individual genomes -- Systems biology and proteomics -- The eukaryotic chromosome: an organelle for packaging and managing DNA -- Chromosomal rearrangements and changes in chromosome number reshape eukaryotic genomes -- The prokaryotic chromosome: genetic analysis in bacteria -- The chromosomes of organelles outside the nucleus exhibit non-mendelian patterns of inheritance -- Gene regulation in prokaryotes -- Gene regulation in eukaryotes -- Cell-cycle regulation and the genetics of cancer -- Using genetics to study development -- The genetic analysis of populations and how they evolve -- Evolution at the molecular level

Cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an outstanding author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. The Third Edition continues to build upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing students with the links between early genetics understanding and the new molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed

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