Table of Contents 1 Genetics: The Study of Biological Information 2 Mendel's Breakthrough: Patterns, Particles, and Principles of Heredity 3 Extensions to Mendel: Complexities in Relating Genotype to Phenotype 4 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance 5 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes 6 DNA: How the Molecule of Heredity Carries, Replicates, and Recombines Information 7 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation 8 Gene Expression: The Flow of Genetic Information from DNA to RNA to Protein 9 Deconstructing the Genome: DNA at High Resolution 10 Reconstructing the Genome Through Genetic and Molecular Analysis 11 The Direct Detection of Genotype Distinguishes Individual Genomes 12 Systems Biology and Proteomics 13 The Eukaryotic Chromosome: An Organelle for Packaging and Managing DNA 14 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number Reshape Eukaryotic Genomes 15 The Prokaryotic Chromosome: Genetic Analysis in Bacteria 16 The Chromosomes of Organelles Outside the Nucleus Exhibit Non-Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance 17 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes 18 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes 19 Cell-Cycle Regulation and the Genetics of Cancer 20 Using Genetics to Study Development 21 The Genetic Analysis of Populations and How They Evolve 22 Evolution at the Molecular Level