Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1950
266 pages
978-0-08-056790-7 (ISBN)
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Advances in Genetics: v. 3
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume III
- Copyright Page
- Contributors to Volume III
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Observations on the Cytology of Bacteria
- I. Introduction
- II. Useful Methods of Studying Bacterial Cytology
- III. Cytological Observations
- IV. Discussion and Explanation of Observations
- V. Nuclear Structures in a Streptomycin-Dependent Strain of E. coli
- VI. Lysis of B. cereus and E. coli by Bacteriophages
- VII. Summary
- VIII. References
- Chapter 2. Biochemical Genetics of Neurospora
- I. Introduction
- II. Cytology and Genetics
- III. Biochemistry
- IV. The Gene as a Unit of Function
- V. References
- Chapter 3. The Phenomenon of Position Effect
- I. Introduction and Classification of Position Effects
- II. Variegation Involving Genes Located in Euchromatin
- III. The Behavior of Genes Located in or near Heterochromatin
- IV. The Stable-Type Position Effects
- V. Position Effect in Oenothera blandina
- VI. Interpretations of the Position Effect Phenomenon
- VII. Summary
- VIII. References
- Chapter 4. The Theory of Genetical Recombination
- I. Introduction
- II. The Development of the Theory of Linkage
- III. Interference: the Cytological and Genetical Evidence
- IV. A General Mathematical Theory of Recombination
- V. Concluding Remarks
- VI. References
- Chapter 5. Corn Breeding
- I. Corn Breeding before Hybrid Corn
- II. Corn Breeding after Hybrid Corn
- III. Hybrid Vigor and Corn Breeding
- IV. Quantitative and Qualitative Inheritance
- V. Concluding Remarks
- VI. References
- Chapter 6. Parthenogenesis in Animals
- I. Modes of Reproduction in Animals
- II. Occurrence of Parthenogenesis in Animals
- III. Systems of Parthenogenesis
- IV. Races with Different Modes of Reproduction
- V. Chromosomal Conditions in Parthenogenetic Animals
- VI. Genetical Aspects of Parthenogenesis
- VII. Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy
- VIII. Cyclical Parthenogenesis
- IX. Origin and Evolution of Animal Parthenogenesis
- X. References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
