Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics

Overview & Synopsis

The word genetics, coined by William Bateson, is derived
from the Latin word genesis, which means birth. Genetics is the study of
heredity and variation. Heredity refers to the transmission of genetic
information, more precisely genes, from parents to offspring. This PDF
Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics covers the following topics related to
Genetics : Inrtoduction, Earlier Concepts of Heredity, Cytology, Chromosome
Morphology, Molecular Structure of Chromosome, Special Types of Chromosomes,
Cell Division, Sexual Reproduction, Mendelian Genetics, Gene Action, Principles
of Dominance, Lethal Genes, Epistasis / Gene Interaction, Multiple Alleles,
Qualitative and Quantitative Characters, Polygenic Inheritance, Linkage,
Crossing Over, Genetic and Physical Map, Sex Determination, Sex Determination in
Humanbeings, Mutation, Chromosomal Aberrations, the Structure of Dna, Dna
Replication, Rna as Genetic Material, the Genetic Code, Central Dogma of
Molecular Biology, Transcription and Translation, Regulation of Gene Expression,
Fine Structure of Genes, etc.