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Schaum's Easy Outline of Genetics
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Stansfield, William
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Schaum's Easy Outline of Genetics
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: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
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Schaum's Easy Outline of Genetics
Authors:
William Stansfield
Published:
February 2002
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9780071398374 0071398376
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Table of Contents
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Contents
Chapter 1 THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF HEREDITY
Genetics
Cells
Chromosomes
Chromosome Number
Chromosome Morphology
Autosomes vs.Sex Chromosomes
Cell Division
Mitosis
Meiosis
Mendel’s Laws
Gametogenesis
Animal Gametogenesis
Plant Gametogenesis
Life Cycles
Chapter 2 SINGLE-GENE INHERITANCE
Terminology
Phenotype
Genotype
Allelic Relationships
Dominant and Recessive Alleles
Codominant Alleles
Lethal Alleles
Penetrance and Expressivity
Multiple Alleles
Single-Gene (Monofactorial)Crosses
The Six Basic Types of Matings
Conventional Production of the F2
Testcross
Backcross
Pedigree Analysis
Probability Theory
Observed vs. Expected Results
Combining Probabilities
Chapter 3 TWO OR MORE GENES
Independent Assortment
Systems for Solving Dihybrid Crosses
Gametic Checkerboard Method
Genotypic and Phenotypic Checkerboard Methods
Branching Systems
Modified Dihybrid Ratios
Higher Combinations
Chapter 4 GENETIC INTERACTION
Two-Factor Interactions
Epistatic Interactions
Dominant Epistasis
Recessive Epistasis
Duplicate Genes with Cumulative Effect
Duplicate Dominant Genes
Duplicate Recessive Genes
Dominant-and-Recessive Interaction
Nonepistatic Interactions
Interactions with Three or More Factors
Pleiotropism
Chapter 5 THE GENETICS OF SEX
The Importance of Sex
Sex-Determining Mechanisms
Sex Chromosome Mechanisms
Genic Balance
Haplodiploidy
Single-Gene Effects
Sex-Linked Inheritance
Variations of Sex Linkage
Sex-Influenced Traits
Sex-Limited Traits
Sex Reversal
Chapter 6 LINKAGE AND CHROMOSOME MAPPING
Recombination Among Linked Genes
Linkage
Crossing Over
Chiasma Frequency
Multiple Crossovers
Limits of Recombination
Genetic Mapping
Map Distance
Two-Point Testcross
Three-Point Testcross
Gene Order
Recombination Percentage vs. Map Distance
Genetic vs. Physical Maps
Combining Map Segments
Interference and Coincidence
Linkage Estimates from F2 Data
Sex-Linked Traits
Autosomal Traits
Use of Genetic Maps
Predicting Results of a Trihybrid Testcross
Crossover Suppression
Absence of Crossing Over in Male Drosophila
Balanced Lethal Systems
Chapter 7 STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
The Binomial Expansion
Single Terms of the Expansion
The Poisson Distribution
Testing Genetic Ratios
Sampling Theory
Sample Size
Degrees of Freedom
Chi-Square Test
Chapter 8 CYTOGENETICS
The Union of Cytology with Cytogenetics
Variation in Chromosome Number
Euploidy
Aneuploidy
Variation in the Arrangement of Chromosome Segments
Translocations
Variation in the Number of Chromosomal Segments
Deletions (Deficiencies)
Duplications (Additions)
Variation in Chromosome Morphology
Isochromosomes
Bridge-Breakage-Fusion-Bridge Cycles
Ring Chromosomes
Robertsonian Translocation
Human Cytogenetics
Chapter 9 QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND BREEDING PRINCIPLES
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Traits
The Normal Distribution
Average Measurements
Measurement of Variability
Variance
Types of Gene Action
Additive vs. Multiplicative Gene Action
Heritability
Selection Methods
Mass Selection
Family Selection
Pedigree Selection
Progeny Test
Mating Methods
Random Mating (Panmixis)
Positive Assortative Mating
Negative Assortative Mating
Chapter 10 POPULATION GENETICS
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Calculating Gene Frequencies
Autosomal Loci with Two Alleles
Autosomal Loci with Multiple Alleles
Sex-Linked Loci
Testing a Locus for Equilibrium
Degrees of Freedom
Index