Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 20. March 1971
407 pages
978-0-08-056802-7 (ISBN)
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Advances in Genetics
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E.W. Caspari
Advances in Genetics: v. 15
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12/1970
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Genetics, Volume 15
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 15
- Chapter 1. Recombination in Bacteriophage T4
- I. Introduction
- II. The Chromosome
- III. The Genetic Map
- IV. The Mechanism of Recombination
- V. Summary
- References
- Note added in proof
- Chapter 2. The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Drosophila melanogaster
- I. Introduction
- II. The Four Sources of Phenotypic Variation
- III. The Phenotypic Expression of Genetic Variation
- IV. The Posterior Crossvein in Drosophila
- V. Enzyme Electrophoresis and Allelic Variation
- VI. The Maintenance of Genetic Variation
- VII. The Amount of Genetic Variation
- References
- Chapter 3. Tumorous Head in Drosophila
- I. Introduction
- II. History of Tumorous-Head Strain
- III. Tumorous-Head Phenotype
- IV. Genetics of Maternal Effects
- V. Location of Major Genes
- VI. Behavior of Inversion in Populations
- VII. Alleles of tu-1 in Laboratory Stocks and Natural Populations
- VIII. Modifiers of tu-3
- IX. Genetic Divergence in Laboratory Stocks
- X. Melanotic Tumors in tu-h Stocks
- XI. Developmental Studies
- XII. Biochemical Studies on Tumorous-Head Flies
- XIII. Related Phenotypes
- XIV. Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. Identity and Nomenclature of some Protein Polymorphisms of Chicken Eggs and Sera
- I. Introduction
- II. Materials and Methods
- III. Terminology for Protein Polymorphisms
- IV. Description of Proteins
- V. Discussion
- References
- Chapter 5. X-Autosome Translocations in the Mouse: Total Inactivation versus Partial Inactivation of the X Chromosome
- I. Introduction
- II. The Known Translocations: Description and Phenotypes
- III. Centromere Locations in L.G. I, L.G. VIII, and the X Chromosome
- IV. Hypotheses and Problems concerning Activation and Inactivation
- V. A Physical Integrity or a Memory System for the Determination of Activation or Inactivation?
- VI. Heterochromatization of the X Chromosome: A Mechanism
- VII. Primary Nonrandom Inactivation
- VIII. Reversal of Inactivation
- IX. Combining the Effects of X-Linked Genes with Influenced Autosomal Genes
- X. Secondary Nonrandom Inactivation
- XI. Heteropycnoeis, Late-Replication, and Gene Activity
- XII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. The Genetics of Embryogenesis in Drosophila
- I. Introduction
- II. Lethal Factors and the Classic Approach to Developmental Genetics
- III. Generalizations Generated by the Classic Approach
- IV. Genes That Repress the Expression of Developmental Potential
- V Some Additional Genetic Aspects
- VI. Biochemical Aspects
- VII. Assessment of the Drosophila Embryo as an Experimental System
- VIII. Conclusion
- Appendix: Genetic Variations That Affect Embryogenesis in Drosophila
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
