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

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