Epigenetic shaping of sociosexual interactions : from plants to humans / edited by Daisuke Yamamoto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yamamoto, Daisuke, editor.

Series:

Advances in genetics ; Volume 86.

Advances in Genetics, 0065-2660 ; Volume 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics.

DNA.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts ; San Diego, California : Elsevier : AP, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<i>Epigenetic Shaping of Sociosexual Interactions: From Plants to Humans</i> is the first attempt to interpret the higher social functions of organisms. This volume covers an extraordinarily wide range of biological research and provides a novel framework for understanding human-specific brain functions.<br><br><ul><li>Covers an extraordinarily wide range of biological research</li><li>Provides a novel framework for understanding human-specific brain functions.<br></li></ul>

Contents:

Front Cover; ADVANCES IN GENETICS, VOLUME 86; Advances in Genetics; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter One - Genomic Imprinting in Plants: What Makes the Functions of Paternal and Maternal Genes Different in Endosperm Formation?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WHEN DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR?; 3. WHY DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR?; 4. HOW DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR? MECHANISMS OF GENOMIC IMPRINTING; 5. THE ROLE OF GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN PLANTS: FUNCTION AS A REPRODUCTIVE BARRIER; 6. PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter Two - MicroRNAs and Epigenetics in Adult Neurogenesis1. EFFECTS OF MICRORNAS ON NEUROGENESIS; 2. NEUROGENESIS REGULATION BY SPECIFIC MIRNAS; 3. OLIGODENDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND MIRNAS; 4. ASTROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND MIRNAS; 5. IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON ADULT NEUROGENESIS; 6. MIRNAS AND NEURONAL DISORDERS; REFERENCES; Chapter Three - An Epigenetic Switch of the Brain Sex as a Basis of Gendered Behavior in Drosophila; 1. COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; 2. FRU IS A SEX-DETERMINATION GENE; 3. FRU PROTEINS AS PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS

4. FRU AND DSX PROTEINS SPECIFY SEX TYPES OF SINGLE NEURONS5. THE MAL NEURAL CLUSTER AS A MODEL TO STUDY SINGLE-CELL SEX DIFFERENCES; 6. CHROMATIN MODIFICATION AS A PLAUSIBLE MECHANISTIC BASIS FOR THE ACTIONS OF FRUM; 7. FRUM PLAYS A ROLE IN THE ALL-OR-NONE SEX SWITCHING OF SINGLE NEURONS; 8. ARE THE TWO STABLE STATES ATTAINED BY GRADED CHANGES IN FRUM ACTIVITY?; 9. PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Four - Neural Transposition in the Drosophila Brain: Is It All Bad News?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FRUIT FLY TRANSPOSONS; 3. METHODS TO STUDY MOBILE ELEMENT ACTIVITY

4. HOST CELL DEFENSE MECHANISMS5. IMPACT OF TRANSPOSONS ON THE HOST CELL; 6. TIMING OF TRANSPOSON ACTIVITY; 7. TRANSPOSONS IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND DECLINE; 8. CELLULAR MOSAICISM AND BEHAVIORAL INDIVIDUALITY; 9. IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Five - Fine-Tuning Notes in the Behavioral Symphony: Parent-of-Origin Allelic Gene Expression in the Brain; 1. EPIGENETICS: SHAPING BEHAVIOR; 2. DIO3: A CASE STUDY; 3. EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIED ALLELIC EXPRESSION IN BRAIN; REFERENCES

Chapter Six - Influencing the Social Group: The Role of Imprinted Genes1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REGULATION; 3. IMPRINTED GENES IMPLICATED IN SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; 4. IMPRINTED GENES: ACTION OR REACTION?; 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven - The Potential Role of SRY in Epigenetic Gene Regulation During Brain Sexual Differentiation in Mammals; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SRY AND SEX DETERMINATION; 3. SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE BRAIN; 4. EPIGENETICS OF BRAIN SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION; 5. DISCUSSION; 6. PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES

Chapter Eight - The Biological Basis of Human Sexual Orientation: Is There a Role for Epigenetics?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2014).

ISBN:

0-12-800333-2