GENETICS LAB INVESTIGATIONS

Key Benefit: The definitive genetics lab manual for over 60 years, this user-friendly volume stresses classical genetics, but includes some of the recent advances related to molecular and human genetics as well. In response to feedback from genetics instructors, the Fourteenth Edition provides new photos, new problems and examples, updated content, and updated teaching tips in the accompanying Instructor's Manual. The Fourteenth Edition is also available for customization through the Pearson Custom Library online database.

Key Topics: Drosophila and Maize Experiments in Genetics: Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses, Principles of Probability, The Chi-Square Test, Cell Reproduction: Mitosis, Meiosis in Animals; Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis, Meiosis in Angiosperms: Microsporogenesis, Polytene Chromosomes from Drosophila Salivary Glands, Sex Chromosomes and Gene Transmission, The Sex Check: A Study of Sex Chromatin in Human Cells, Human Chromosomes, Linkage and Crossing Over, Genetics of Ascospore Color in Sordaria: An Investigation of Linkage and Crossing OVer Using Tetrad Analysis, Open-Ended Experiments Using Drosophila: Locating a Mutant Gene in Its Chromosome, The Genetic Material: Isolation of DNA, Restriction Endonuclease Digestion and Gel Electrophoresis of DNA, Amplification of DNA Polymorphisms by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and DNA, Fingerprinting, Transformation of Escherichia coli, Gene Action: Synthesis of [beta]-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli, Chromatographic Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster Mutants, Bacterial Mutagenesis, Gene Recombination in Phage, Polygenic INheritance: Fingerprint Ridge Count, Population Genetics: The Hardy-Weinberg Principle, Population Genetics: The Effects of Selection and Genetic Drift, Applied Human Genetics, NCBI and Genomic Data Mining
Market: Intended for those interested in gaining a basic knowledge of genetics laboratory.