Genetics : from genes to genomes / Leland Hartwell [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetics: The Study of Biological Information -- Basic Principles: How Traits Are Transmitted -- Mendel's Breakthrough: Patterns, Particles, and Principles of Heredity -- Extensions to Mendel: Complexities in Relating Genotype to Phenotype -- Th Chromosome Theory of Inheritance -- Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes -- What Genes Are and What They Do -- DNA: How the Molecule of Heredity Carries, Replicates, and Recombines Information -- Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation -- Gene Expression: The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA via RNA to Protein -- Genomes -- Deconstructing the Genome: DNA at High Resolution -- Reconstructing the Genome Through Genetic and Molecular Analysis -- The Direct Detection of Genotype Distinguishes Individual Genomes -- How Genes Travel -- The Eukaryotic Chromosome: An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA -- Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes -- The Prokaryotic Chromosome: Genetic Analysis in Bacteria -- The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibit Non-Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance -- How Genes Are Regulated -- Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes -- Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes -- Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of Cancer -- Using Genetics to Study Development -- How Genes Change -- The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve -- Evolution at the Molecular Level -- Portraits of Model Eukaryotic Organisms -- Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Genetic Portrait of Yeast -- Arabidopsis thaliana: Genetic Portrait of a Model Plant -- Caenorhabditis elegans: Genetic Portrait of a Simple Multicellular Organism -- Drosophila melanogaster: Genetic Portrait of the Fruit Fly -- Mus musculus: Genetic Portrait of the House Mouse.

This new edition builds upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing students with the links between early genetics understanding and the new molecular discoveries that have changed the way the field of genetics is viewed.