Genetics /
A.V.S.S. Sambamurty.
- 2nd ed.
- Harrow, U.K. : Alpha Science International, c2005.
- xxv, 903 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Preface to the second edition. - Preface to the first edition. - Acknowledgements. - Pt. 1. Mendelian genetics. 1. Mendel's Laws of inheritance. 2. Deviations of Mendel's Laws. 3. Sex-linked inheritance. 4. Sex-Determination. 5. Multiple alleles. 6. Linkage and crossing over. 7. Chromosome mepping: Genetic maps or linkage maps of chromosomes. 8. Statistical genetics. 9. Population genetics. 10. Extranuclear inheritance. 11. Human genetics. - Pt. II. Moleculat genetics. 12. DNA structure. 13. DNA Replication. 14. RNA and protein synthesis. 15. The genetic code and protein synthesis. 16. Control of gene expression. 17. Microbial genetics: Viruses and bacteria. 18. Fine structure of the Gene and biochemical genetics. 19. Mutations. 20. Unstable genetic systems, cancer genetics and Immunology. 21. Gene cloning, recombinant DNA technology and biotechnology. - Pt. III. Cytogenetics. 22. Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis. 23. Karyotype. 24. Eukaryotic chromosome structure. 25. Chromosomal aberrations. 26. Polyploidy. 27. Principles of plant breeding. 28. Methods of selection. 29. Male sterility. 30. Polyploidy in plant breeding. 31. Heterosis or hybrid vigour. 32. Mutation breeding. 33. Molecular farming - transgenic plants. - Pt. V. Genomics. 34. Beginnings of genomics. - Pt. VI. Appendices. - Index.