Handbook of genetics and biotechnology 2nd fully revised and expanded ed

Handbook of Genetics and Biotechnology

Revised and expanded, 2nd Edition

Handbook of Genetics and Biotechnology

Editors Rukum S. Tomar Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001 Sunil V. Patel Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001 Manoj V. Parakhia Assistant Professr, Department of Biotechnology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh B. A. Golakiya Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh

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Contents

1.

Introduction to Genetics and Biotechnology ..................................

1

2.

Cells, Its Development and Division ................................................

25

3.

Mendel and His Discoveries ..............................................................

121

4.

Extensions and Exceptions to Mendels Laws .................................

147

5.

Genetic Mapping and Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes ...............

177

6.

Genetic Mapping and Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes .................

197

7.

Genetic Transfer in Bacteria and Bacteriophages ...........................

223

8.

Sex Determination and Development ..............................................

231

9.

Chromosomes ......................................................................................

239

10.

Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number .........................

267

11.

DNA Structure and Replication ........................................................

273

12.

Gene Transcription and RNA Modification ...................................

395

13.

Translation of mRNA .........................................................................

403

14.

Chemistry of Gene ..............................................................................

411

15.

Gene Mutation and DNA Repair Technology ................................

511

16.

Recombination and Transposition at the Molecular Level............

549

17.

Recombinant DNA Technology ........................................................

563

18.

Genome Analysis and Its Uses ..........................................................

597

19.

Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics .................

621

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Genomics and the Future ...................................................................

637

21.

Genetics of Cancer ...............................................................................

645

22.

Developmental Genetics .....................................................................

659

23.

Quantitative Genetics ..........................................................................

675

24.

Population Genetics .............................................................................

687

25.

Evolutionary Genetics .........................................................................

707

26.

Relative Reading ..................................................................................

721

27.

Glossary .................................................................................................

735

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