Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1968
417 pages
978-0-08-056801-0 (ISBN)
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Advances in Genetics: v. 14
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07/1968
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume 14
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 14
- Chapter 1. Recent Cytogenetic Studies in the Genus Nicotiana
- I. Introduction
- II. The Species
- III. Euploidy
- IV. Chromosome Pairing in Interspecific Hybrids
- V. Allopolyploids
- VI. Aneuploidy and Multiple Genomes
- VII. Interspecific Recombination, Introgressive Hybridization, and Disease Resistance
- VIII. Genetic Tumors
- IX. Cytogenetic Instability in Species Hybrids
- X. Cytoplasmic Inheritance: Male Sterility and Plastids
- XI. Inheritance of Alkaloids
- XII. Biometrical Studies
- XIII. Miscellaneous
- XIV. Summary
- References
- Chapter 2. The Genetics of Inbreeding Populations
- I. Introduction
- II. Theoretical Analysis of Genetic Models
- III. Experimental Analyses of Polymorphisms
- IV. Genetic Variability in Quantitative Characters
- V. Responses to Selection
- VI. Effect of Altering the Mating System
- VII. Population Structure under Extreme Inbreeding: The Festuca microstachys Complex
- VIII. Concluding Remarks
- IX. Summary
- References
- Chapter 3. Position-Effect Variegation
- I. Introduction
- II. Cytogenetic Aspects
- III. Position-Effect Variegation in the Mouse
- IV. Parental Modification of Variegated Gene Expression
- V. Variegation, a Model System for Simplified Studies in Developmental Biology
- VI. Thoughts, Perhaps Themselves Too Variegated
- References
- Chapter 4. Genetic Activities of the Y Chromosome in Drosophila During Spermatogenesis
- I. Genetic Studies of the Actions of the Y Chromosome on Male Fertility
- II. Cytogenetic Studies of the Y Chromosome
- III. Morphogenetic Effects of the Y-Chromosomal Loops in Spermiogenesis
- IV. Conclusions
- V. Summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Selective Fertilization in Oenothera
- I. Selective Fertilization in the Crosses Oe. bertericma X Oe. odorata
- II. Selective Fertilisation in Selfing of Oe. berteriana (B.l)
- III. Selective Fertilization in Selfing of Oe. odorata (v.l)
- IV. Selective Fertilization in Selfings of Oe. strieta (Istr.vstr) and of Oe. selowii (lse.vse)
- V. Selective Fertilization in Selfings of Oe. campyloculyx (ck.cl)
- VI. Changes in Affinities
- VII. Affinities in Trisomic Mutants
- VIII. Chemotropism of the Pollen Tubes
- Appendix. Survey of the Strains Used in the Crosses
- References
- Chapter 6. The Genetic Code After the Excitement
- I. Introduction
- II. The General Nature and Historical Background of the Genetic Code
- III. Codon Assignments
- IV. Chain Initiation and Initiator Codons
- V. Chain Termination and Nonsense Codons
- VI. Ambiguity in the Genetic Code
- VII. tRNA and Its Synthetase in Codon Recognition
- VIII. The Universality and Evolution of the Genetic Code
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
