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Genetics and Genomics in Medicine by Tom Strachan, Judith Goodship and Patrick Chinnery is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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CHAPTER 1 Fundamentals of DNA, Chromosomes, and Cells 1 1.1 The Structure and Function of Nucleic Acids 1 General concepts: the genetic material, genomes, and genes 1 The underlying chemistry of nucleic acids 2 Base pairing and the double helix 3 DNA replication and DNA polymerases 4 Genes, transcription, and the central dogma of molecular biology 6 1.2 The Structure and Function of Chromosomes 7 Why we need highly structured chromosomes, and how they are organized 7 Chromosome function: replication origins, centromeres, and telomeres 8 1.3 DNA and Chromosomes in Cell Division and the Cell Cycle 9 Differences in DNA copy number between cells 9 The cell cycle and segregation of replicated chromosomes and DNA molecules 10 Mitosis: the usual form of cell division 12 Meiosis: a specialized reductive cell division giving rise to sperm and egg cells 12 Why each of our gametes is unique 15 Summary 17 Questions 18 Further Reading 18 CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Gene Structure, Gene Expression, and Human Genome Organization 19 2.1 Protein-Coding Genes: Structure and Expression 19 Gene organization: exons and introns 20 RNA splicing: stitching together the genetic information in exons 20 The ev

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Tom Strachan, Judith Goodship and Patrick Chinnery
Publisher
Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781317594307
Category
science
Subjects
Medical, Science, Biology
Rating
4.5 / 5 (51 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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