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Advances in genetics. Volume 66 / edited by Theodore Friedmann, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen F. Goodwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in genetics ; 66.
- Advances in genetics ; 66
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetics.
- Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Academic Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics research. This serial continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.Includes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines, providing researchers an overview and synthesis of the latest findings in the areaPresents up-to-date research from leaders in the fieldPraise for Advances in Genet
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Advances in Genetics; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Molecular Links Between TDP-43 Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration; I. Introduction; IV. Gain- Versus Loss-of-Function Scenarios; V. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 2: Resources and Strategies to Integrate the Study of Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics into the Undergraduate Curriculum; B. Human ancestry and evolution; D. Genetic testing: Simple inherited diseases; G. Gene therapy and genetic enhancement; H. Careful communication; III. Strategies
- A. Integration of ELSI issues into nonmajors coursesChapter 3: Synthetic Genetic Interactions: Allele Dependence, Uses, and Conservation; I. Genetic Enhancement; B. Definition; II. Expected Underlying Functional Relationships; A. Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; 3. How the methods compare; D. Caenorhabditis elegans; IV. Network Characteristics; A. Overall network architecture; 2. Hypomorphic-hypomorphic interactions; 4. Directly comparing hypomorphic-null and null-null subnetworks; V. Extracting Functional Relationships from Global Networks; Acknowledgments; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-38144-X
- 9786612381447
- 0-08-088876-3
- OCLC:
- 808998519
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