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Advances in Genetics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 80 - November 1, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Theodore Friedmann, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen F. Goodwin
  • Language: English

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes im… Read more

Description

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.

Key features

  • Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implications

Readership

Molecular geneticists, clinical geneticists, neurologists, neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and biochemists.

Table of contents

CONTRIBUTORS

Chapter One. miRNA, Development and Disease

1 Introduction

2 Biogenesis and Development

3 Conservation, Hox Genes, and miRNA Regulation

4 Expression, Developmental Switches and Phenotypic Modulators

5 miRNAs and Brain

6 miRNAs and Skeletal Development

7 miRNAs and Myogenesis

8 miRNAs and Target Mutations in Human Disease

9 Perspectives

References

Chapter Two. Precision Editing of Large Animal Genomes

1 Introduction

2 Precision Genetic Engineering

3 Future Directions—Applications of Precision Genetics in Animals

References

Chapter Three. The Genetic Analysis of Functional Connectomics in Drosophila

1 Introduction

2 Revealing the Structural Connectome

3 Assigning Functions to Structural Networks

4 Bridging Synaptophysiology to Structural Connectomics

5 Conclusions

References

Index

Review quotes

Praise for previous volumes in the series:
"Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions."–Nature

"Can be highly recommended to geneticists, and biologists in general...will prove to be of high importance for the development of the science of genetics."–Science

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 80
  • Published: November 1, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editors

TF

Theodore Friedmann

School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, USA
Affiliations and expertise
School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, USA

JD

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, USA

SG

Stephen F. Goodwin

Dr. Stephen Goodwin works at the University of Oxford.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Oxford, UK

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