Sinnott, Edmund W.

Principles of genetics [by] Edmund W. Sinnott, L. C. Dunn [and] Theodosius Dobzhansky. - 5th ed. - New Delhi : Tata McGraw-Hill, 1973 - 459 p. illus. 26 cm. - McGraw-Hill publications in the botanical sciences .

includes appendix, bibliography and index


Heredity and the continuity of life;
Heredity and environment;
Mendel's law of segregation;
Segregation of genes and chromosomes;
Simple mendelian traits in man;
Mendel's principle of independent assortment;
The expression and interaction of genes;
Multiple-factor inheritance;
Allelism and pleiotropism;
Lethal genes, penetrance and expressivity;
The nature-nurture problem in man: twin studies;
Sex-linked inheritance;
Linkage and crossing over;
Genetic maps of chromosomes;
Chromosome aberrations and cytological maps;
Spontaneous mutation;
Induced mutation;
Genes in populations;
Crossing, selfing, inbreeding and heterosis;
Genetics of race formation;
Genetics of species formation;
Determination of sex;
Varieties of sexual reproduction;
Physiological genetics;
The genic control of development;
Cytoplasm in heredity and development;
The elements of the genetic system;
Organization of the genetic material;
Statistical inference in genetics



Genetics.
Variation (Biology)
Eugenics.

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