戴豪勒斯编著的《遗传学(双语教材)》以双语教学的形式系统全面介绍了遗传学相关知识，本书可作为生物学相关专业，特别是以遗传学作为基础课程的农、林、医类院校和师范院校相关专业本科生和研究生的遗传学双语教材，也可作为从事遗传学教学的教师、科研人员和对生命科学感兴趣的读者的参考用书。

遗传学是生物学专业，以及农、林、医、师范类院校相关专业的核心课程之一。戴豪勒斯编著的《遗传学(双语教材)》中英文对照，语言精练，通俗易懂，并配有大量经典图片，具有很强的针对性和可读性。全书既反映遗传学的基本原理、兼顾该学科的最新进展，同时又考虑到以遗传学作为基础课程的相关专业本科生的中英文阅读能力和理解能力，在知识体系上按照单基因、两个基因、多基因及分子遗传，以及基因调控的前后顺序，逐步进行遗传分析和讲解，并在各章后配有小结、关键术语和综合性思考题，便于学生整体掌握内容和增强对内容的理解，提高学生的创新性和逻辑性思维能力。

《遗传学(双语教材)》可作为生物学相关专业，特别是以遗传学作为基础课程的农、林、医类院校和师范院校相关专业本科生和研究生的遗传学双语教材，也可作为从事遗传学教学的教师、科研人员和对生命科学感兴趣的读者的参考用书。

Preface

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

 Genes are units of inheritance

 DNA is the genetic material

 The function of genes

 The structure of DNA

 The genome

 Model organisms

Chapter 2 CHROMOSOMES, MITOSIS, AND MEIOSIS

 Chromosomes may be loose or compact

 Mitosis

 Meiosis

 The celt cycle and changes in DNA content

 Karyotypes show chromosome number and structure

 Polyploidy

 Endoreduplication

 Gene balance

 Organellar genomes

Chapter 3 GENETICS OF ONE LOCUS

 Mendel's First Law

 Relationships between alleles and phenotypes

 Biochemical basis of dominance

 The Punnett Square and monohybrid crosses

 Test crosses can be used to determine genotypes

 Sex-linkage is an important exception to Mendel's First Law

 Phenotype may be influenced by other factors besides genotype

 Deviations from expected ratios

 Origins of Mutations

 Mutant screening: forward genetics

 Some mutations may not have detectable phenotypes

Chapter 5 PEDIGREES AND POPULATIONS

 Pedigree analysis

 Inferring the mode of inheritance

 Sporadic and non-heritable diseases

 Calculating probabilities

 Population Genetics

Chapter 6 GENETICANALYSIS OF TEO LOCI

 Mendel's second law

 Assumptions of the 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio

 Epistasis and other gene interactions

 Enhancer/Suppressor Screens

Chapter 7 LINKAGE AND MAPPING

 Recombination

 Linkage suppresses recombination

 Crossovers allow recombination between linked loci

 Inferring recombination from genetic data

 Genetic mapping

 Mapping with three-point crosses

Chapter 8 TECHNIQUES OF MOLECULAR RBIOLOGY

 Isolating genomic DNA

 Isolating or detecting a specific sequence by PCR

 Cutting and pasting DNA: restriction and ligation

 Cloning DNA: plasmid vectors

 DNA analysis: gel electrophoresis

 DNA analysis: Blotting and hybridization

Chapter 9 MOLECULAR MARKERS AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS

 Origins of molecular polymorphisms

 Classification and detection of molecular markers

 Applications of molecular markers

 Quantitative trait locus analysis

Chapter 10 GENOMICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

 DNA sequencing

 Whole genome sequencing

 Functional genomics

Chapter 11 REGULATION OF GENE

 The lac Operon

 Mutants of the lac operon

 Eukaryotic gene regulation

 Regulatory elements in evolution

 Other regulators of transcription

 Vernalization is an example of epigenetic cellular memory

Chapter 12 CANCER GENETICS

 Cancer cell biology

 Mutagens and carcinogens

 Oncogenes

 Tumor suppressor genes

Main References

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