Genetics: analysis & principles

"In the seventh edition of Genetics: Analysis & Principles, the content has been updated to reflect current trends in the field. In addition, the presentation of the content has been improved in ways that foster active learning. As an author, researcher, and teacher, I want a textbook that gets students actively involved in learning genetics. To achieve this goal, I have worked with a talented team of editors, illustrators, and media specialists who have helped me to make the seventh edition of Genetics: Analysis & Principles a fun learning tool. Overall, an effective textbook needs to accomplish four goals. First, it needs to provide comprehensive, accurate, and upto- date content in its field. Second, it needs to expose students to the techniques and skills they will need to become successful in that field. Third, an effective textbook should have pedagogical features, such as formative assessment, that foster student learning. And finally, it should inspire students so that they want to continue their studies of genetics and maybe even pursue the field as a career. The hard work that has gone into the seventh edition of Genetics: Analysis & Principles has been aimed at achieving all of these goals"--

Includes index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- About The Author -- Dedication -- Preface -- Connect Page -- Chapter 1 Overview of Genetics -- 1.1 The Molecular Expression of Genes -- 1.2 The Relationship Between Genes and Traits -- 1.3 Fields of Genetics -- 1.4 The Science of Genetics -- Chapter 2 Mendelian Inheritance -- 2.1 Mendel's Study of Pea Plants -- 2.2 Law of Segregation -- 2.3 Law of Independent Assortment -- 2.4 Studying Inheritance Patterns in Humans -- 2.5 Probability and Statistics

Chapter 3 Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction -- 3.1 General Features of Chromosomes -- 3.2 Cell Division -- 3.3 Mitosis and Cytokinesis -- 3.4 Meiosis -- 3.5 Sexual Reproduction -- 3.6 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance and Sex Chromosomes -- Chapter 4 Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance -- 4.1 Overview of Simple Inheritance Patterns -- 4.2 Dominant and Recessive Alleles -- 4.3 Environmental Effects on Gene Expression -- 4.4 Incomplete Dominance, Overdominance, and Codominance -- 4.5 Genes on Sex Chromosomes -- 4.6 Sex-Influenced and Sex-Limited Inheritance

4.7 Lethal Alleles -- 4.8 Understanding Complex Phenotypes Cause…