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Stansfield, William. Schaum's Easy Outline of Genetics. US: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Schaum's Easy Outline of Genetics

Authors: William Stansfield

Published:  February 2002

eISBN: 9780071398374 0071398376 | ISBN: 9780071383172
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  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF HEREDITY
  • Genetics
  • Cells
  • Chromosomes
  • Chromosome Number
  • Chromosome Morphology
  • Autosomes vs.Sex Chromosomes
  • Cell Division
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Mendel’s Laws
  • Gametogenesis
  • Animal Gametogenesis
  • Plant Gametogenesis
  • Life Cycles
  • Chapter 2 SINGLE-GENE INHERITANCE
  • Terminology
  • Phenotype
  • Genotype
  • Allelic Relationships
  • Dominant and Recessive Alleles
  • Codominant Alleles
  • Lethal Alleles
  • Penetrance and Expressivity
  • Multiple Alleles
  • Single-Gene (Monofactorial)Crosses
  • The Six Basic Types of Matings
  • Conventional Production of the F2
  • Testcross
  • Backcross
  • Pedigree Analysis
  • Probability Theory
  • Observed vs. Expected Results
  • Combining Probabilities
  • Chapter 3 TWO OR MORE GENES
  • Independent Assortment
  • Systems for Solving Dihybrid Crosses
  • Gametic Checkerboard Method
  • Genotypic and Phenotypic Checkerboard Methods
  • Branching Systems
  • Modified Dihybrid Ratios
  • Higher Combinations
  • Chapter 4 GENETIC INTERACTION
  • Two-Factor Interactions
  • Epistatic Interactions
  • Dominant Epistasis
  • Recessive Epistasis
  • Duplicate Genes with Cumulative Effect
  • Duplicate Dominant Genes
  • Duplicate Recessive Genes
  • Dominant-and-Recessive Interaction
  • Nonepistatic Interactions
  • Interactions with Three or More Factors
  • Pleiotropism
  • Chapter 5 THE GENETICS OF SEX
  • The Importance of Sex
  • Sex-Determining Mechanisms
  • Sex Chromosome Mechanisms
  • Genic Balance
  • Haplodiploidy
  • Single-Gene Effects
  • Sex-Linked Inheritance
  • Variations of Sex Linkage
  • Sex-Influenced Traits
  • Sex-Limited Traits
  • Sex Reversal
  • Chapter 6 LINKAGE AND CHROMOSOME MAPPING
  • Recombination Among Linked Genes
  • Linkage
  • Crossing Over
  • Chiasma Frequency
  • Multiple Crossovers
  • Limits of Recombination
  • Genetic Mapping
  • Map Distance
  • Two-Point Testcross
  • Three-Point Testcross
  • Gene Order
  • Recombination Percentage vs. Map Distance
  • Genetic vs. Physical Maps
  • Combining Map Segments
  • Interference and Coincidence
  • Linkage Estimates from F2 Data
  • Sex-Linked Traits
  • Autosomal Traits
  • Use of Genetic Maps
  • Predicting Results of a Trihybrid Testcross
  • Crossover Suppression
  • Absence of Crossing Over in Male Drosophila
  • Balanced Lethal Systems
  • Chapter 7 STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
  • The Binomial Expansion
  • Single Terms of the Expansion
  • The Poisson Distribution
  • Testing Genetic Ratios
  • Sampling Theory
  • Sample Size
  • Degrees of Freedom
  • Chi-Square Test
  • Chapter 8 CYTOGENETICS
  • The Union of Cytology with Cytogenetics
  • Variation in Chromosome Number
  • Euploidy
  • Aneuploidy
  • Variation in the Arrangement of Chromosome Segments
  • Translocations
  • Variation in the Number of Chromosomal Segments
  • Deletions (Deficiencies)
  • Duplications (Additions)
  • Variation in Chromosome Morphology
  • Isochromosomes
  • Bridge-Breakage-Fusion-Bridge Cycles
  • Ring Chromosomes
  • Robertsonian Translocation
  • Human Cytogenetics
  • Chapter 9 QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND BREEDING PRINCIPLES
  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative Traits
  • The Normal Distribution
  • Average Measurements
  • Measurement of Variability
  • Variance
  • Types of Gene Action
  • Additive vs. Multiplicative Gene Action
  • Heritability
  • Selection Methods
  • Mass Selection
  • Family Selection
  • Pedigree Selection
  • Progeny Test
  • Mating Methods
  • Random Mating (Panmixis)
  • Positive Assortative Mating
  • Negative Assortative Mating
  • Chapter 10 POPULATION GENETICS
  • Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
  • Calculating Gene Frequencies
  • Autosomal Loci with Two Alleles
  • Autosomal Loci with Multiple Alleles
  • Sex-Linked Loci
  • Testing a Locus for Equilibrium
  • Degrees of Freedom
  • Index