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Modern Genetic Analysis
1. Genetics and the Organism
Key Concepts

Genetics has unified the biological sciences by revealing uniform hereditary systems.
Genetics is of direct relevance to human affairs.
Genetics may be defined as the study of genes.
Genetic variation contributes to variation in nature.
Variation is the basis for much of genetic analysis.
The genetic approach can be used to dissect any biological process.

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