Advances in Genetics
- 1st Edition, Volume 76 - November 8, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Theodore Friedmann, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen F. Goodwin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 6 4 8 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 6 4 8 2 - 6
The field of Genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occuring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics research. Advances in Genetics contin… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe field of Genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occuring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics research. Advances in Genetics continually publishes important, timely reviews from leaders in the field that cover a broad range of topics of interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.
- Important, timely reviews from leaders in the field
- Cover a broad range of topics of interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines
Geneticists, molecular biologists, neurobiologists
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Contributors
Sensory Functions for Degenerin/Epithelial Sodium Channels (DEG/ENaC)
I. Introduction
II. Chemosensation
III. Mechanosensation
IV. Peripheral Pain
V. Conclusions
Genetic and Phenotypic Consequences of Introgression Between Humans and Neanderthals
I. Introduction
II. The First Genetic Evidence for Introgression in Our Species
III. Evidence for Introgression Obtained from Present-Day Human Genomes
IV. History of Hominans in Europe
V. Comparison of Middle European Neanderthal Nuclear DNA with Modern Human Nuclear DNA
VI. The ABBA–BABA Test for Introgression
VII. Different Regions of the Neanderthal Genome are Found in Different Modern Humans
VIII. The Genetic Contribution of the Denisovans to Our Species
IX. Possible Range of Phenotypic Impacts of Neanderthal and Denisovan Introgressions into Modern Humans
Acknowledgments
Genomic Approaches to Understanding Hox Gene Function
I. Introduction: Historical Perspective
II. The Molecular Genetics of Hox Complexes: Conservation and Colinearity
III. Hox Target Genes and Functions
IV. Early Experiments to Identify Hox Target Genes
V. Genomic Approaches to Identifying Hox Target Genes
VI. Microarray Expression Profiling
VII. ChIP Approaches
VIII. Computational Approaches
IX. Prospects
GATA Transcription Factors in the Developing Reproductive System
I. Introduction
II. Molecular Control of Gonadal Development
III. Canonical WNT Signaling Control of Gonadal Development
IV. The GATA–FOG Transcriptional Partnership
V. GATA4–FOG2 Control of Gonadal Development
VI. Conclusions
Acknowledgment
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 76
- Published: November 8, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 152
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123864819
- eBook ISBN: 9780123864826
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Theodore Friedmann
School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, USA
Affiliations and expertise
School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, USAJD
Jay C. Dunlap
Dr. Jay Dunlap works at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Affiliations and expertise
The Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, NH, USASG
Stephen F. Goodwin
Dr. Stephen Goodwin works at the University of Oxford.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Oxford, UKRead Advances in Genetics on ScienceDirect