Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1951
342 pages
978-0-08-056791-4 (ISBN)
Description
Advances in Genetics
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
M. Demerec | etc.
Advances in Genetics: v. 4
Book
Academic Press
€106.03
Article exhausted; check different version
Person
Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume IV
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Chapter 1. Physiological Genetics of the Mouse
- I. Introduction
- II. Analysis of the Yellow Lethal, a Classic Case of a Lethal Mutation
- III. Analysis of Gene-Determined Pigment Characters
- IV. Analysis of Gene-Determined Abnormalities of the Blood
- V. Analysis of Mutations Affecting the Skin and Its Derivatives
- VI. Developmental Studies of Mutations Affecting the Urogenital System
- VII. Developmental Studies of Mutations Affecting the Central Nervous System and Sensory Organs
- VIII. Analysis of Endocrine Disturbances-Pituitary Dwarfism
- IX. Analysis of Mutations Affecting the Skeleton
- X. The Developmental Effects of Mutations in Chromosome IX of the Mouse
- XI. Developmental Changes Induced by X-Rays
- XII. Concluding Remarks
- XIII. References
- Chapter 2. Developmental Action of Lethal Factors in Drosophila
- I. Introduction
- II. Phase and Type of Action
- III. The Validity of the Concept of Phase-Specificity
- IV. The Development of "Patterns of Damage
- V. Information Gained from Transplantation Experiments
- VI. Physiological Properties of Lethals
- VII. Phenocopies of Patterns of Damage
- VIII. Conditioned Lethals
- IX. Lethality Due to Combined Genic Action
- X. Effects of Lethals in Heterozygotes
- XI. Conclusions
- XII. References
- Chapter 3. Localization and Function of Heterochromatin in Drosophila Melanogaster
- I. Introduction
- II. Cytological Characteristics of Heterochromatin
- III. Genetic Effects of Heterochromatin
- IV. Summary
- V. References
- Chapter 4. The Genetics of Coffea
- I. Introduction
- II. The Genus Coffea
- III. Chromosome Number and Morphology
- IV. Methods of Reproduction
- V. Genetics
- VI. Importance of Genetic and Cytological Investigations for Coffee Breeding
- VII. Summary and Conclusions
- VIII. References
- Chapter 5. The Chromosomes of the Vertebrates
- I. General Considerations
- II. The Chromosomes of Agnatha and Pisces
- III. The Chromosomes of Amphibia and Reptilia
- IV. The Chromosomes of Aves
- V. The Chromosomes of the Mammalia
- VI. References
- Chapter 6. Genic Analysis and Linkage Relationship of Characters in Rice
- I. Introduction
- II. Color Inheritance
- III. Abnormal Mutant Characters and Their Inheritance
- IV. Linkage Studies
- V. Conclusions
- VI. References
- Chapter 7. Procedures and Methods of Cotton Breeding With Special Reference to American Cultivated Species
- I. Introduction
- II. Early History and the Pure Line Concept
- III. Recent Methods and Refinements
- IV. Hybrid Vigor in F1 and Advanced Generations
- V. Special Characters of Breeding Value
- VI. References
- Chapter 8. Possible Significance of Duplication in Evolution
- I. Introduction
- II. The Problem
- III. Some Possible Cases of Divergence in Function of Duplicate Loci
- IV. Conclusions
- V. References
- Chapter 9. Cytogenetics of Orthopteroid Insects
- I. Introduction
- II. Systematic Review of the Cytology of the Orthopteroid Groups
- III. Chromosomes and Taxonomy in the Orthopteroid Groups
- IV. Problems of Chromosome Structure
- V. Meiosis
- VI. Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination
- VII. Cytological Polymorphism in the Orthopteroid Insects
- VIII. Parthenogenesis in the Orthopteroid Groups
- IX. Genetic Work
- X. Experimental Hybridization
- XI. References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
