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
This PDF covers the
following topics related to Genetics : Descriptive Statistics for DNA Sequences,
The Method of Maximum Likelihood, Genetic Drift, Gene Genealogies, Relating Gene
Genealogies to Genetics, The Site Frequency Spectrum, The Mismatch
Distribution.
This note covers the
following topics: quantitative versus qualitative genetics, Hardy-Weinberg law
for gene frequency stability in large populations, Relationship and inbreeding,
Estimation of breeding values, Inbreeding, crossing and bred structure,
Chromosomes and chromosome aberrations, Genetics on hair and coat colour in
mammals, Estimating- and biotechnology and disease resistance.
This lecture note
covers the following topics: The genetic structure of populations, Genetic
transmission in populations, The genetics of natural selection, Genetic drift,
Quantitative genetics, Molecular evolution, Phylogeography.
This book, Human
Genetic Diseases contains many diverse chapters, dealing with human genetic
diseases, methods to diagnose them, novel approaches to treat them and molecular
approaches and concepts to understand them. Although this book does not give a
comprehensive overview of human genetic diseases, and the sixteen book chapters
will be a valuable resource for researchers and students in different life and
medical sciences.
This book aims to provide an overview on
some of the latest developments in several genetic diseases. It contains 14
chapters focused on various genetic disorders addressing epidemiology, etiology,
molecular basis and novel treatment options for these diseases.
The textbook Genomes, by Terence A.
Brown, is available online and provides insight into genomics with the
traditional approach to gene expression. The integrated approach of this book
provides a teaching resource for modern molecular biology.
Genes and Disease is a collection of
articles that discuss genes and the diseases that they cause. These genetic
disorders are organized by the parts of the body that they affect. As some
diseases affect various body systems, they appear in more than one chapter.
Author(s): National
Center for Biotechnology Information US