Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1965
377 pages
978-0-08-056800-3 (ISBN)
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Advances in Genetics: v. 13
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12/1965
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume 13
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 13
- Chapter 1. Cytoplasmic Pollen Sterility in Corn
- I. Introduction
- II. Early Discoveries of Cytoplasmic Pollen Sterility
- III. Comparison of Texas and USDA Cytoplasms
- IV. Classification of Sterility-Inducing Cytoplasms
- V. Genetics of Fertility Restoration
- VI. Effect of Texas Cytoplasm on Morphological Characters Other Than Pollen Fertility
- VII. Pleiotropic Effects of Rf1
- VIII. Origin and Expression of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Maize
- IX. Economic Usefulness of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Corn
- X. Summary and Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. Genetic Variation in Chromosome Pairing
- I. Introduction
- II. Preliminary Consideration of Functions
- III. Quantitative Variation in Pairing
- IV. Genetic Control of Pairing Specificity
- V. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Evolutionary Significance of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants
- I. Introduction
- II. Genetic Control of Plasticity
- III. Fitness, Plasticity, and Selection
- IV. Conditions Favoring Plasticity
- V. Conditions Disfavoring Plasticity
- VI. Mechanisms of Plasticity
- VII. Fixed Phenotypic Variation
- VIII. Conclusions
- IX. Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. The Premeiotic Stages of Spermatogenesis
- I. Introduction
- II. Maintenance of the Germ Line and Spermatogonial Multiplication
- III. Relating the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Spermatogenesis
- IV. Radiosensitivity of Spermatogonia
- References
- Chapter 5. The Function of the Y-Chromosome in Man, Animals, and Plants
- I. Introduction
- II. Man
- III. Drosophila
- IV. Role of the Y-Chromosome in Sex Determination in Insects
- V. Fish
- VI. Mouse
- VII. Cat
- VIII. Plants
- IX. General Discussion
- References
- Chapter 6. Mammalian Pigment Genetics
- I. Introduction
- II. Genes and the Cytological Basis of Melanin Pigmentation
- III. Genes and the Ultrastructural Basis of Melanin Granule (Melanosome) Formation
- IV. Genes and the Biochemistry of Melanin Formation
- V. Color Genes and Evolutionary Biology
- VI. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 7. The Complex Locus R in Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker)
- I. Introduction
- II. The R Locus
- III. Discussion
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
