An introduction to modern genetics / C. H. Waddington. -- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylar & Francis Group, c2016. – (58.14/W118/2016)

Contents

PART  ONE  FORMAL GENETICS

I.  Fundamentals of Mendelism

II. Modifications of the Chromosome Cycle

A. CHROMOSOME CYCLES

B. APOMIXIS

C. THE THEORY OF POLYFLOIDS

III. The Behaviour of Individual Chromosomes 75

A. SEX CHROMOSOMES

B.  NON=DISJUNCTION

IV. The Linear Differentiation of the Chromosomes

A.   CROSSING-OVER

B. TRANSLOCATION

V. The Mechanics of the Chromosomes

PART  TWO  GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENT

VI. Genes and Development

VII. The Interaction of Genes: The Effects

VIII. Gene Controlled Processes

IX. The Genetic Control of Pattern

X Sex Determination

A.  GAMETE SEXUALITY

B. GAMOPHASE AND ZYGOPHASE SEXUALITY

C. ZYGOPHASE SEXUALITY

D. THE THEORY OF SEXUALITY

PART  THREE  GENETICS  AND  EVOLUTION

XI. Processes of Evolution

XII. The Genetic Nature of Taxonomic Differences

A. CHROMOSOME DIFFERENCES

B. CYTOPLASMIC DIFFERENCES

XIII. Evolutionary Mechanisms

PART FOUR  GENETICS AND HUMAN AFFAIRS

XIV. Animal and Plant Breeding

XV. Human Genetics

A. THE METHODS OF HUMAN GENETICS

B. THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF HUMAN POPULATIONS

PART  FIVE  THE  NATURE  OF  THE  GENE

XVI. The Nature of the Gene

A. CYTOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

B. DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

C. GENERAL GENETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

D. GENE MUTATION

E. THE CHROMOSOME AND THE GENE

Appendix

   LABORATORY METHODS FOR CLASS-WORK ON DROSOPHILA

   BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AUTHOR-INDEX

   SUBJECT INDEX