Includes index.

Basic genetics -- Cells and organisms -- DNA, RNA and protein -- Genes, genomes and DNA -- Cell division and DNA replication -- Transcription of genes -- Protein structure and function -- Protein synthesis -- Regulation of transcription in prokaryotes -- Regulation of transcription in eukaryotes -- Regulation at the RNA level -- Processing of RNA -- Mutations -- Recombination and repair -- Mobile DNA -- Plasmids -- Viruses -- Bacterial genetics -- Diversity of lower eukaryotes -- Molecular evolution -- Nucleic acids: isolation, purification, detection and hybridization -- Recombinant DNA technology -- The polymerase chain reaction -- Genomics and DNA sequencing -- Analysis of gene expression -- Proteomics : the global analysis of proteins.