CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 CENES,CHROMOSOMES,AND MEIOSIS
Definition of a gene
The central dogma
DNA
RNA
Proteins
The basic structure of a gene
Definition of a chromosome
Chromosome versus chromatid
meiosis
CHAPTER 3 MENDELIAN INHERITANCE
Probability review
Pedigree symbols
Homozygosity and heterozygosity
Mendelian patterns of inheritance
autosomal recessive
sex-linkde recessive
unusual forms of inheritance
CHAPTER 4 MUTATION
New mutation
fitness
haldane's rule
the origins of mutation
allelic heterogeneity
allelic disorders
locus heterogeneity
phenocopy
heterozygote advantage
CHAPTER 5 GENETIC TESTING
CHAPTER 6 DYNAMIC MUTATION
CHAPTER 7 CYTOGENETICS
CHAPTER 8 COMPLEX INHERITANCE
CHAPTER 9 CANCER GENETICS
CHAPTER 10 GENE THERAPY
INDEX