Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1963
393 pages
978-0-08-056798-3 (ISBN)
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Advances in Genetics: v. 11
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01/1963
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume 11
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 11
- Chapter 1. Linkage and Recombination in Evolution
- I. Introduction
- II. Polygenic Balance
- III. Balanced Polymorphisms and Linkage
- IV. Chiasma Frequencies and Cytological Evidence
- V. Genotypic and Environmental Variables Affecting Recombination
- VI. Linkage and Recombination in Microorganisms
- VII. Theoretical Genetics of the Linked Gene Complex
- VIII. Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2. Episomes
- I. Introduction
- II. The Autonomous State
- III. The Integrated State
- IV. Immunity
- V. Lysogenization, Transition from the Vegetative to the Integrated State
- VI. Transition from the Integrated to the Autonomous State
- VII. Curing
- VIII. "Gene Pick-Up" by Episomes
- IX. Partial Diploidy in Escherichia coli
- X. Transfer of Episomes by Other Episomes
- XI. Relationship to Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms
- XII. General Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. The Cytogenetics of Oenothera
- I. Introduction
- II. Outline of Genetic Behavior
- III. Early Cytological Work
- IV. The Relation of Cytological to Genetic Behavior
- V. The Cause of Circle Formation in Oenothera
- VI. Chromosome Structure
- VII. Early Meiotic Stages
- VIII. Factors Influencing Genetic Analyses
- IX. Factor Analysis and the Location of Genes
- X. Crossing-Over
- XI. Position Effect
- XII. Gene Conversion
- XIII. The Nature of de Vries' Mutants
- XIV. Induced Mutations
- XV. Incompatibility
- XVI. The Plastid Behavior
- XVII. Evolutionary Considerations
- References
- Chapter 4. Genetics and the Human Sex Ratio
- I. Introduction
- II. The Importance and Origin of Sexual Differentiation
- III. The Determination of Sex
- IV. The Genetic Problem of the Human Sex Ratio
- V. Evidence on the Variability and Heritability of the Human Sex Ratio
- VI. Evidence on the Variability and Heritability of the Sex Ratio in Other Species
- VII. Natural Selection and the Sex Ratio
- VIII. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. The Genetics of Streptomyces coelicolor
- I. Introduction
- II. Strains and Methods of Culture
- III. Morphology of the Organism
- IV. Studies of Recombination by Selective Analysis
- V. Heteroclones
- VI. Analysis of Short Chromosome Regions
- VII. Speculations on Nuclear Behavior during the Life Cycle
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 6. Fine Structure of Genes in the Ascomycete Ascobulus immersus
- I. Introduction
- II. Reasons for Choosing the Ascomycete Ascobulus immersus
- III. Occurrence, within the Same Series, of Both Tetrads with Reciprocal and Tetrads with Non-Reciprocal Recombinants: Series 75
- IV. Localization of Crossing-Over and Conversion in Series 19
- V. Analysis of Series 46
- Evidence for a Polarized Genetic Unit: the Polaron
- VI. Structure of Series 19 and the Concept of the Polaron
- VII. Tentative Interpretation of the Properties of the Polaron
- VIII. Linkage Structures and Relationships between Polarons
- IX. Occurrence of Odd Segregations
- X. Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
