3 options
Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements / Austin Burt and Robert Trivers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burt, Austin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Selfish genetic elements.
- Genes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (632 pages ) : illustrations (some col.), maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covering all species from yeast to humans, this is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- ONE Selfish Genetic Elements
- TWO Autosomal Killers
- THREE Selfish Sex Chromosomes
- FOUR Genomic Imprinting
- FIVE Selfish Mitochondrial DNA
- SIX Gene Conversion and Homing
- SEVEN Transposable Elements
- EIGHT Female Drive
- NINE B Chromosomes
- TEN Genomic Exclusion
- ELEVEN Selfish Cell Lineages
- TWELVE Summary and Future Directions
- References
- Glossary
- Expanded Contents
- Taxonomic Index
- General Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-575) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780674029118
- 0674029119
- OCLC:
- 1024017540
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.