Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics
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.
Author(s): T. Sabesan, K. Saravanan, S. Suganthi, 
P. Satheeshkumar
 155 Pages
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