Principles of GeneticsSince the last edition, the science of genetics has passed a major milestone: The DNA sequence of the human genome has been determined. This edition has been prepared with the new issues, questions, insights, and technologies in mind. Recent discoveries have been incorporated into the text, and the pedagogy has been enhanced, balancing new information with fundamental principles. |
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activity allele amino acid antibodies antigen bacteria bacteriophage base pairs binding called cells centromere chain Chapter chloroplasts chro chromatids chromo chromosome cloning codon coli color complex contain cross crossover cytoplasm deletion diploid disease DNA molecules DNA sequences Drosophila elements embryo encoded enzyme eukaryotic Exon eyes F₁ factors female Figure fragments frequency function gametes gene expression gene products genetic information geneticists genotype heterozygote homologous homozygous human genome hybrid infected inherited introns involved Key Points lambda located male markers mating meiosis meiotic membrane mitochondria molecular mosome mRNA mtDNA mutations normal nucleotide pairs nucleotide sequence nucleus occur offspring operon organisms parental pathway percent phage phenotype plants plasmid polypeptide produce progeny prokaryotes protein recessive recombination region regulation repressor ribosomes RNA polymerase rRNA segment single-stranded species splicing STEP strains strand structure studies subunit synthesis tion trait trans transcription translation transposons tRNA viruses wild-type X chromosome X-linked zygote