Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetics: the study of biological information -- Basic principles: how traits are transmitted -- Mendel's principles of heredity -- Extensions to Mendel's laws -- Chromosome theory of inheritance -- Linkage, recombination, and the mapping of genes on chromosomes -- What genes are and what they do -- DNA structure, replication, and recombination -- Anatomy and function of a gene: dissection through mutation -- Gene expression: the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein -- Analysis of genetic information -- Digital analysis of DNA -- Genomes and proteomes -- Genome-wide variation and trait analysis -- How genes travel on chromosomes -- Eukaryotic chromosome -- Chromosomal rearrangements and changes in chromosome number -- Prokaryotic and organelle genetics -- How genes are regulated -- Gene regulation in prokaryotes -- Gene regulation in eukaryotes -- Somatic mutation and the genetics of cancer -- Using genetics to study development -- Beyond the individual gene and genome -- Variation and selection in populations -- Evolution at the molecular level -- Systems biology and the future of medicine.