Why gene cloning and DNA analysis are important -- Vectors for gene cloning : plasmids and bacteriophages -- Purification of DNA from living cells -- Manipulation of purified DNA -- Introduction of DNA into living cells -- Cloning vectors for Escherichia coli -- Cloning vectors for eukaryotes -- How to obtain a clone of a specific gene -- The polymerase chain reaction -- Sequencing genes and genomes -- Studying gene expression and function -- Studying genomes -- Studying transcriptomes and proteomes -- Production of protein from cloned genes -- Gene cloning and DNA analysis in medicine -- Gene cloning and DNA analysis in agriculture -- Gene cloning and DNA analysis in forensic science and archaeology.