Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. I. HEREDITY IN GENERAL 3
5. II. MENDELIAN INHERITANCE 11
6. III. MODIFIED MENDELIAN RATIOS 20
7. IV. LINKAGE, AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE STUDY OF RABBIT GENES 25
8. V. KNOWN GENES OF RODENTS OTHER THAN THE RABBIT 38
9. VI. HYBRIDIZATION AND HYBRID VIGOR 49
10. VII. SELF-STERILITY; BIPOLAR SEXUALITY 55
11. VIII. SEX DIFFERENTIATION 59
12. IX. SEX DETERMINATION 67
13. X. SEX-LINKED INHERITANCE IN DROSOPHILA AND IN MAMMALS 79
14. XI. INHERITANCE OF BLOOD GROUPS IN MAN AND RABBIT 88
15. XII. DOMINANCE; MULTIPLE ALLELES 95
16. XIII. LETHAL GENES; BALANCED LETHALS 102
17. XIV. GENES HAVING PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS — "SUBLETHAL" GENES 106
18. XV. MATERNAL INHERITANCE 110
19. XVI. THE INHERITANCE OF BODY SIZE 117
20. XVII. VARIATION AND SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS; PURE LINES 121
21. XVIII. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF FISH GENETICS 129
22. XIX. THE MORE IMPORTANT GENE MUTATIONS OF DOMESTIC MAMMALS 141
23. INDEX 165
24. Backmatter 213