Since 2012, thousands of human genomes have been completely sequenced, and many more have been mapped at lower levels of resolution. The resulting data is used worldwide in biomedical sciences, anthropology, forensic medicine and other branches of science.

Recent results suggest that most of the vast amounts of non-coding DNA within the genome have associated biochemical activities, including regulation of gene expression, organization of chromosome architecture and signals that control epigenetic inheritance.

Summary of the contents of this book:

• Organization of human chromosomes
• Nuclear organization and rearrangements in pluripotent cells
• Organization of the human genome
• Repetitive elements and human disorders
• Mitochondrial DNA
• Cell division
• The cell cycle
• The phases of mitosis
• The human karyotype
• Karyotype analysis
• Types of staining
• Meiosis
• Cytokinesis
• The Second Meiotic Division (Meiosis II)