Genomic imprinting and kinship / David Haig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haig, David, 1958-

Contributor:

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Series:

Rutgers series in human evolution

The Rutgers series in human evolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genomic imprinting.

Kinship.

Genomic Imprinting.

Family.

Medical Subjects:

Genomic Imprinting.

Family.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Beginnings

Parent-Specific Gene Expression

Of Mice and Maize

Parent-Specific Gene Expression and the Triploid Endosperm / Mark Westoby

Commentary: Parent-Specific Gene Expression vs. Imprinting

Genomic Imprinting in Endosperm: Its Effects on Seed Development in Crosses between Species and between Different Ploidies of the Same Species, and Its Implications for the Evolution of Apomixis / Mark Westoby

Commentary: Seeds of Change

Alice in Wonderland

Genomic Imprinting in Mammalian Development: A Parental Tug-of-War / Tom Moore

Commentary: Imprinted Neighbors

Genomic Imprinting and the Strange Case of the Insulin-like Growth Factor-II Receptor / Chris Graham

Commentary: The Plot Thickens

Genomic Imprinting and the Theory of Parent-Offspring Conflict

Commentary: Precision, Pedantry, and the Perils of Neologism

Been There, Dung Gnat!

Intragenomic Conflict and the Evolution of Eusociality

Commentary: Mother's Boy or Daddy's Girl

The Evolution of Unusual Chromosomal Systems in Coccoids: Extraordinary Sex Ratios Revisited

Commentary: Extraordinary Sex Ratios Revisited, Again

The Evolution of Unusual Chromosomal Systems in Sciarid Flies: Intragenomic Conflict and the Sex Ratio

Commentary: Discarded Chromosomes

Atlantic Crossings

The Evolution of Parental Imprinting: A Review of Hypotheses / Robert Trivers

Commentary: New Hypotheses, New Challenges

Asymmetric Relations: Internal Conflicts and the Horror of Incest

Commentary: Inbreeding and Maternal Care

Tying Up Loose Ends.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

ISBN:

0813530261

9780813530260

081353027X

9780813530277

OCLC:

46683471