Genetics:

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 The Lowdown on Genetics: Just the Basics -- Chapter 1 Welcome to Genetics: Just About Everyone Loves...

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Hauptverfasser: Kratz, René Fester (VerfasserIn), Cushman Spock, Lisa (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken, NJ Wiley [2024]
Ausgabe:4th edition
Schriftenreihe:...for dummies
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Zusammenfassung:Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 The Lowdown on Genetics: Just the Basics -- Chapter 1 Welcome to Genetics: Just About Everyone Loves a Good Pair of Genes -- Unwrapping Life's Secrets -- Classical Genetics: Studying How Traits Are Transmitted within Families -- Molecular Genetics: Diving into DNA Science -- Population Genetics: Studying the Genetics of Groups -- Quantitative Genetics: Exploring the Heredity of Complex Traits -- Chapter 2 Basic Cell Biology -- Entering the World of the Cell -- Cells without a nucleus -- Cells with a nucleus -- Exploring Your DNA, Chromosomes, and Genes -- Examining the basics of chromosomes -- Counting out chromosomes -- Examining chromosome anatomy -- Finding your genes -- Mitosis: Splitting Up -- Step 1: Time to grow -- G1 phase -- S phase -- G2 phase -- Step 2: Dividing up the chromosomes -- Prophase -- Metaphase -- Anaphase -- Telophase -- Step 3: The big divide -- Meiosis: Making Cells for Sexual Reproduction -- Meiosis I -- Find your partner -- Recombining makes you unique -- Partners divide -- Meiosis II -- Meiosis in the human body -- Chapter 3 Visualize Peas: Discovering the Laws of Inheritance -- Gardening with Gregor Mendel -- Speaking the Language of Inheritance -- Simplifying Inheritance -- Establishing dominance -- Segregating alleles -- Declaring independence -- Predicting with Punnetts -- Finding Unknown Alleles -- Applying Basic Probability to the Likelihood of Inheritance -- Solving Genetics Problems -- Deciphering a monohybrid cross -- Tackling a dihybrid cross -- Chapter 4 Law Enforcement: Mendel's Laws Applied to Complex Traits -- Dominant Alleles Rule . . . Sometimes -- Blending in with incomplete dominance.
Beschreibung:Auf dem Umschlag: Grasp the basic of DNA science. Discover the latest advances in genetic testing. Learn how genetics can impact your health
Beschreibung:xiv, 392 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781394210190

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