Outline of genetics

• Introduction to genetics
  • Genetics
    • Chromosome
    • DNA
    • Genetic diversity
    • Genetic drift
    • Genetic variation
    • Genome
    • Heredity
    • Mutation
    • Nucleotide
    • RNA
  • Introduction to evolution
    • Evolution
    • Modern evolutionary synthesis
    • Transmutation of species
    • Natural selection
    • Extinction
    • Adaptation
    • Polymorphism (biology)
    • Gene flow
    • Biodiversity
    • Biogeography
    • Phylogenetic tree
    • Taxonomy (biology)
    • Mendelian inheritance
    • Molecular evolution

Branches of genetics

• Classical genetics
• Developmental genetics
• Conservation genetics
• Ecological genetics
• Evolutionary genetics
• Genetic engineering
  • Metagenics
• Genetic epidemiology
  • Archaeogenetics
    • Archaeogenetics of the Near East
• Genetics of intelligence
• Genetic testing
• Genomics
• Human genetics
  • Human evolutionary genetics
  • Human mitochondrial genetics
• Medical genetics
• Microbial genetics
• Molecular genetics
• Neurogenetics
• Population genetics
• Plant genetics
• Psychiatric genetics
• Quantitative genetics
• Statistical genetics

Multi-disciplinary fields that include genetics

• Evolutionary anthropology

History of genetics

History of genetics

Natural history of genetics

• History of molecular evolution
• Cladistics
• Transitional fossil
• Extinction event
• Timeline of the evolutionary history of life

History of the science of genetics

History of genetics

• Ancient Concepts of Heredity
• Experiments on Plant Hybridization
• History of evolutionary thought
• History of genetic engineering
• History of genomics
• History of paleontology
• History of plant systematics
• Neanderthal genome project
• Timeline of paleontology

General genetics concepts

• Molecules
  • amino acids
  • Nucleobase
    • Adenine
    • Cytosine
    • Guanine
    • Thymine
    • Uracil
• Adenovirus
• Antibody
• Bacteria
• Codon
• Deoxyribonucleic acid
  (DNA)
• Messenger RNA
  • mRNA
• Enzyme
• Exon
• Intron
• nucleotide
• allele
• animal model
• antisense
• apoptosis
• autosomal dominant
• autosome
• bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)
• base pair
• birth defect
• bone marrow transplantation
• cancer
• candidate gene
• carcinoma
• carrier
• cDNA library
• cell
• centimorgan
• centromere
• chromosome
• chromosomal translocation
• cloning
• congenital disorder
• contig
• craniosynostosis
• cystic fibrosis
• cytogenetic map
• deletion
• diabetes mellitus
• diploid
• DNA replication
• DNA sequencing
• dominant
• double helix
• duplication
• electrophoresis
• fibroblasts
• fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
• gene
• gene amplification
• gene expression
• gene library
• gene mapping
• gene pool
• gene therapy
• gene transfer
• genetic code
  • ATGC
• genetic counseling
• genetic linkage
• genetic map
• genetic marker
• genetic screening
• genome
• genotype
• germ line
• haploid
• haploinsufficiency
• hematopoietic stem cell
• heterozygous
• highly conserved sequence
• holoprosencephaly
• homologous recombination
• homozygous
• human artificial chromosome (HAC)
• Human Genome Project
• human immunodeficiency virus
  (HIV)
  • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
    (AIDS)
• hybridization
• immunotherapy
• in situ hybridization
• inherited
• insertion
• intellectual property rights
• Jurassic Park (genetics of)
• karyotype
• knockout
• leukemia
• List of human genetic disorders
• locus
• LOD score
• lymphocyte
• malformation
• Gene mapping
• marker
• melanoma
• Mendel, Johann (Gregor)
• Mendelian inheritance
• Metaphase
• microarray technology
• microsatellite
• mitochondrial DNA
• monosomy
• mouse model
• multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1
  • MEN1)
• mutation
• non-coding DNA
• non-directiveness
• nonsense mutation
• Northern blot
• Nucleic acid sequence
• nucleus
• oligo
• oncogene
• oncovirus
• p53
• Particulate inheritance theory
• patent
• pedigree
• peptide
• phenotype
• physical map
• polydactyly
• polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
• polymorphism
• positional cloning
• primary immunodeficiency
• primer
• probe
• promoter
• pronucleus
• protease
• protein
• pseudogene
• recessive
• recombinant DNA
• repressor
• restriction enzymes
• RFLP
  )
• retrovirus
• ribonucleic acid (RNA
  )
• ribosome
• risk communication
• sequence-tagged site (STS)
• sex chromosome
• sex-linked
• shotgun sequencing
• SNPs
  )
• somatic cells
• Southern blot
• spectral karyotype
  (SKY)
• substitution
• suicide gene
• syndrome
• technology transfer
• transgenic
• trisomy
• tumor suppressor gene
• vector
• Western blot
• yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

Genetic Modification

• Genetic engineering
• Genetically modified organism
• Genetically modified food
• Genetically modified crops
• Norman Borlaug

Genetic research and Darwinism

• DNA sequencing
• Medical genetics
• Genomics
• Evolutionary ideas of the Renaissance and Enlightenment
• On the Origin of Species
• Charles Darwin
• The eclipse of Darwinism

Concepts of Evolution

• Common descent
• Evidence of common descent
• Speciation
• Co-operation (evolution)
• Adaptive radiation
• Coevolution
• Divergent evolution
• Convergent evolution
• Parallel evolution
• Evolutionary developmental biology
• Evolutionary biology
• Evolutionary history of life
• Human evolution
• Evolutionary taxonomy

Geneticists

Classical geneticists

• Gregor Mendel
• Hugo de Vries
• William Bateson
• Thomas Hunt Morgan
• Alfred Sturtevant
• Ronald Fisher
• Frederick Griffith
• Jean Brachet
• Edward Lawrie Tatum
• George Wells Beadle

DNA era geneticists

• Oswald Theodore Avery
• Colin McLeod
• Erwin Chargaff
• Barbara McClintock
• James Watson
• Francis Crick

Genomics era geneticists

• Francis Collins
• Walter Fiers
• Eric Lander
• Kary Banks Mullis
• Lap-Chee Tsui
• Frederick Sanger

Genetics-related organizations

• List of genetics research organizations

See also

• Outline of biochemistry
• Outline of biotechnology

References