Genome instability and transgenerational effects / Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kovalchuk, Igor.

Kovalchuk, Olga (Physician)

Series:

Genetics--research and issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mutation (Biology).

Variation (Biology).

Epigenesis.

Genomic Instability--genetics.

Heredity--genetics.

Medical Subjects:

Genomic Instability--genetics.

Heredity--genetics.

Physical Description:

xv, 472 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2010]

Contents:

Genetic and epigenetic regulation of transgenerational changes in genome stability : an overview / Olga Kovalchuk and Igor Kovalchuk

Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms ensuring stability of mammalian genomes / Jody Filkowski and Olga Kovalchuk

Genetic and epigenetic regulation of genome stability in plants / Alex Boyko and Igor Kovalchuk

Evolution of the Fpg/Nei family of DNA glycosylases / Dorothy E. Pumo ... [et al.]

Stress-induced mutagenesis in bacteria / Andrey Golubov

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) loci as an example of bacterial adaptive immunity against phages / Igor Kovalchuk and Andrey Golubov

White tail tip inheritance in mice : from the "kit locus" to a new mode of heredity / Minoo Rassoulzadegan

Role of epigenetic changes in the non-targeted radiation-induced effects : understanding the epigenetics of bystander and transgenerational effects / Jody Filkowski, Yaroslav Ilnytsky and Olga Kovalchuk

A review of tandem repeat sequences : markers of genetic instability / Carole Yauk and John D.H. Stead

Transgenerational genome instability in fish / Carmel Mothersill and Colin Seymour

Germ cell-mediated mutagenesis : insights from the transgenic medaka / Richard N. Winn

Transgenerational genomic instability in mammals / Carmel Mothersill and Colin Seymour

The epigenetic (re)programming of phenotypic differences in behavior / Patrick O. McGowan, Michael J. Meaney, and Moshe Szyf.

Lifestyle factors, epigenetic abnormalities, and genomic instability : implications for carcinogenesis / Igor P. Pogribny

Paramutations in plants / Palak Kathiria and Igor Kovalchuk

Transgenerational response to stress in plants involves genome destabilization, changes in methylation and increase in stress tolerance / Igor Kovalchuk, Palak Kathiria and Alex Boyko

Plant transposable elements and plasticity of host genomes : the stress connection / Marie-Angèle Grandbastien

Intra- and interplant stress signalling : bystander-like effects found in plants / Franz J. Zemp

Systemic heuristic approaches guide the interaction of enhanced genetic diversity and complex stresses to generate better wheat germplasm faster and at lower cost / A. Comeau ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608768318

1608768317

OCLC:

455156831