Contents
About the authors
Foreword
Precace
Acknowledgements
Part I. Interduction and core concepts
Chapter 1. Framing the Field
Chapter 2. Introducing the Core Concepts
Chapter 3. Genetics
Chapter 4. Growth, Development, and Reproduction
Chapter 5. Transmission of genes
Chapter 6. Structure of Genes, Chromosomes, and Genomes
Chapter 7. Expression of Genes and Genomes
Chapter 7. Mutation
Chapter 8. Biological Evolution
Chapter 9. Human Individuality
Chapter 10. Human individuality
Part II. Genentic disorders
Chapter 11. Chromosome Abnormalities
Chapter 12. Single Gene Defects
Chapter 13. Multifactorial Traits
Chapter 14. Disorders of Variable Genomic Architecture
Chapter 15. Birth Defects
Chapter 16. The genetics of cancer
Chapter 17. Detection and Treatment of genetic disorders
Part III. Populations and individuals
Chapter 18. Population and Evolutionary Genetics
Chapter 19. Personalized genetics and genomics
Glossary
Additional reading
Answers to review questions
Credits and permissions
Index