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PART 1 Chemistry and Genetics 1 Mendelian View of the World 2Nucleic Acids Convey Genetic Information 3 The Importance of Weak ChemicalInteractions 4 The Importance of High Energy Bonds 5 Weak and StrongBonds Determine Macromolecular Interactions PART 2 Maintenance of theGenome 6 The Structures of DNA and RNA 7 Genome Structure, Chromatin andthe Nucleosome 8 DNA replication 9 The Mutability and Repair of DNA 10Homologous Recombination at the Molecular Level 11 Site-SpecificRecombination and Transposition of DNA PART 3 Expression of the Genome 12Mechanisms of Transcription 13 Splicing 14 Translation PART 4 Regulation15 The Genetic Code 16 Transcriptional Regulation in Prokaryotes 17Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes 18 Regulatory RNAs 19 GeneRegulation in Development and Evolution 20 Genomics and Systems BiologyPART 5 Methods 21 Techniques of Molecular Biology 22 Model Organisms