Genetics with Fundamentals of Selection - M.P. Myhun - 2008
CHAPTER I. Genetics as a Science
1.1. Subject matter, tasks, and methods of genetics
1.2. Stages of development of genetics
1.3. Development of genetics in Ukraine
Review questions and assignments
CHAPTER II. Material Basis and Molecular Mechanisms of Heredity
2.1. The role of the nucleus and chromosomes in heredity
2.2. Modern systemic concept of the gene
2.3. Asexual and sexual reproduction and their cytological basis
2.4. Nucleic acids as carriers and guarantors of genetic information expression
2.5. The genetic code and its fundamental properties
2.6. General features of genome organization and function
2.7. Molecular mechanisms of key genetic processes
Review questions and assignments
CHAPTER III. Inheritance of Chromosomal and Non-Chromosomal Genes
3.1. Patterns of independent (Mendelian) inheritance
3.2. Inheritance patterns under gene interaction
3.3. Sex and sex-linked inheritance
3.4. Inheritance patterns in complete and incomplete gene linkage. Crossing-over
3.5. Non-chromosomal inheritance
Review questions and assignments
CHAPTER IV. Variability and its Genetic Foundations
4.1. Hereditary (combinative, mutational) and non-hereditary (modification) variability
4.2. Types of Mutations and Their Classification
4.3. The Phenomenon of Multiple Allelomorphism
4.4. Homologous Series in Hereditary Variability
CHAPTER V. Genetic Foundations of Ontogenesis
5.2. General Patterns in Individual Development
5.3. Realization of Genetic Information
5.4. Conclusion of Individual Development Processes
CHAPTER VI. Genetic Foundations of Ontogenesis
6.1. The Population as a Unit of the Evolutionary Process
6.2. Methods for Studying Population Structure
6.3. Genetic Heterogeneity of Natural Populations
6.4. Gene and Genotype Frequencies in a Population
6.5. The Hardy-Weinberg Law and Its Practical Application
CHAPTER VII. Genetic Foundations of Ontogenesis
7.1. The Biological Nature of Man
7.2. History of Human Genetics: Emergence of Two Concepts
7.3. Research Methods and Features of Human Genetics
7.4. Human Chromosomes and Genome
CHAPTER VIII. Genetic Foundations of Ontogenesis
8.2. Varieties, Breeds, and Microbial Strains as Basic Means of Production
8.3. Main Stages of the Breeding Process
8.4. Creation of Initial Material for Breeding
8.5. Types of Crossbreeding and Selection
8.6. Non-Traditional Methods of Breeding