Genes and DNA: A Beginner's Guide to Genetics and Its Applications

Charlotte K. Omoto and Paul F. Lurquin

Paper, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13013-4
$33.00 / £19.50

May, 2004
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13012-7
$83.00 / £49.00

Preface: Why Is Genetics Important?

1. What Are Genes?

Try This at Home: Extract DNA from Vegetables in Your Kitchen

2. Inheritance of Single-Gene Traits

3. Mendelian Traits in Humans

Try This at Home: Pedigree Game

4. From Genes to Phenotype

Try This at Home: DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation Game

5. Using Bacteria as Protein Factories

6. Genetically Modified Plants

7. When Things Go Wrong

8. Mutagens, Teratogens, and Human Reproduction

9. Linkage and Mapping: Gene Discovery

Try This at Home: Independent Assortment of Chromosomes and the Making of a Unique Individual

Try This at Home: Explore Genetics Databases

10. Genetics of Populations and Genetic Testing

11. Survival of the Fittest?

Try This at Home: Demonstrations of the Effects of Small Population Size

12. Nature Versus Nurture

13. Genetically Modified Animals and the Applications of Gene Technology for Humans

Appendix A. Internet Resources

Appendix B. Glossary of Scientific Names of Organisms

Appendix C. Glossary of Human Genetic Diseases

Appendix D. Glossary of Terms

Related Subjects

• Biology
• Cell Biology & Genetics

About the Author

Charlotte K. Omoto is professor of cell biology and genetics in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University. Paul F. Lurquin is professor of genetics in the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University. He is the author of The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants; High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants; and Origins of Life and the Universe.

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