
Advances in Genetics
- 1st Edition, Volume 80 - December 31, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Theodore Friedmann, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen F. Goodwin
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 4 7 4 3 - 3
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
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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.
- Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implications
Molecular geneticists, clinical geneticists, neurologists, neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and biochemists.
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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
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 80
- Published: December 31, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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