Concepts of Molecular Genetics

Description

An organism's whole DNA sequence, including its genes, is known as its genome. Every piece of knowledge required to create and sustain that organism is contained in each genome. All human cells with a nucleus include a copy of the entire genome, which contains more than three billion DNA base pairs. Developmental genetics investigates how genes control behavioral changes that occur during development and impact various scientific paradigms. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of developmental genetics and describes how recent innovative technological developments have sped up our comprehension of the molecular genetic mechanisms governing development. A single chromosome can contain hundreds or even thousands of genes. Chromosomes are found in matched sets of two (or pairs). Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, makes up the chromosomes and genes. The book Genes, Genomes, and Genomics, whose chapters are authored by recognized experts from around the world, offers a vast resource of new knowledge on both theoretical and practical aspects of revealing the mysteries buried in the genes of plants, animals, and microorganisms. The fundamental structural and operational component of heredity is a gene. DNA-based genes serve as instructions for creating proteins, which are molecules. A few hundred DNA bases to more than two million bases make up a gene in a human. The book also comprehensively introduces a wide range of methods, from traditional genetics to contemporary genomics technologies.