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• Preface 1.?Biological Heredity and Variation, 2.?The Cell Cycle 3.?Chromatin 4.?Chromosome Mutation 5.?Chromosome Structure and Function 6.?Development, Molecular Aspects 7.?DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Regulation 8.?The Gene 9.?Gene Expression and Regulation 10.?Gene Transfer in Bacteria 11.?The Genetic Code 12.?Genomes and Mapping 13.?Mobile Genetic Elements 14.?Mutagenesis and DNA Repair 15.?Mutation and Selection 16.?Nucleic Acid Structure 17.?Nucleic Acid-Binding Properties 18.?Oncogenes and Cancer 19.?Organelle Genomes 20.?Plasmids 21.?The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 22.?Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution 23.?Protein Synthesis The components of protein synthesis The mechanism of protein synthesis The regulation of protein synthesis 24.?Recombinant DNA and Molecular Cloning 25.?Recombination 26.?Replication 27.?RNA Processing 28.?Signal Transduction