Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Brief Table of Contents -- Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- Dedication -- Preface -- Unit I : Gene Transmission and Function -- Chapter 1: The Molecular Basis of Heredity, Variation, and Evolution -- 1.1 Modern Genetics is in its Second Century -- The First Century of Modern Genetics -- Genetics-Central to Modern Biology -- 1.2 The Structure of DNA Suggests a Mechanism for Replication -- The Discovery of DNA Structure -- DNA Nucleotides -- DNA Replication -- 1.3 DNA Transcription and Messenger RNA Translation Express Genes -- Genetic Analysis 1.1 -- Transcription -- Experimental Insight 1.1 -- Translation -- Genomes, Proteomes, and "-omic" Approaches -- Genetic Analysis 1.2 -- 1.4 Evolution Has a Molecular Basis -- Darwin's Theory of Evolution -- Four Evolutionary Processes -- Tracing Evolutionary Relationships -- Genetic Analysis 1.3 -- Case Study: The Modern Human Family -- Summary -- Keywords -- Problems -- Chapter 2: Transmission Genetics -- 2.1 Gregor Mendel Discovered the Basic Principles of Genetic Transmission -- Mendel's Modern Experimental Approach -- Five Critical Experimental Innovations -- 2.2 Monohybrid Crosses Reveal the Segregation of Alleles -- Identifying Dominant and Recessive Traits -- Evidence of Particulate Inheritance and Rejection of the Blending Theory -- Segregation of Alleles -- Hypothesis Testing by Test-Cross Analysis -- Hypothesis Testing by F2 Self-Fertilization -- 2.3 Dihybrid and Trihybrid Crosses Reveal the Independent Assortment of Alleles -- Dihybrid-Cross Analysis of Two Genes -- Genetic Analysis 2.1 -- Testing Independent Assortment by Test-Cross Analysis -- Genetic Analysis 2.2 -- Testing Independent Assortment by Trihybrid-Cross Analysis -- Probability Calculations in Genetics Problem Solving -- The Rediscovery of Mendel's Work -- Genetic Analysis 2.3 -- Experimental Insight 2.1.…”