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Author:   Ulrich Graf ,  Nancy van Schaik ,  Friedrich E. Würgler ,  F.E. Wuergler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.388kg
ISBN:  

9783540543275

ISBN 10:   3540543279
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   16 March 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1. General.- 1.1 Why Drosophila?.- 1.2 Basic Equipment.- 1.3 Genetic Terminology.- 1.4 The Biology of Drosophila melanoqaster.- 1.5 Methods for Culturing and Studying Drosophila melanoqaster.- 1.6 List of Genetic Symbols and Stocklist.- 1.7 General Books on Drosophila.- 2. Morphology of Drosophila Melanogaster.- 2.1 Eggs and Embryos.- 2.2 L3 Larvae.- 2.3 Pupae.- 2.4 Adult Flies.- 2.5 Some Mutants.- 3. Transmission Genetics.- 3.1 Dihybrid Cross with Independent Assortment.- 3.2 Sex-Linked Inheritance.- 3.3 Dihybrid Test Cross with Linked Genes.- 3.4 Sex Determination.- 3.5 Genetic Localization of Mutations Within the Genome.- 3.6 Mapping on a Chromosome.- 3.7 Segregation of Compound Chromosomes.- 3.8 Meiotic Mutants.- 4. Phenogenetics.- 4.1 Temperature Effect on Expression of Phenotype.- 4.2 Temperature Effect on a Homeotic Mutant.- 4.3 Mutants with Abnormal Eye Color.- 4.4 Chromatographic Analysis of Eye Color Mutants.- 4.5 Transplantation of Eye Imaginai Discs.- 4.6 Supplementation of an Eye Color Mutant.- 4.7 Genetic Complementation and Allelism.- 4.8 Transposable Elements.- 5. Mutation Genetics.- 5.1 Induction and Detection of Sex-Linked Recessive Lethals.- 5.2 Induction and Detection of Reciprocal Translocations.- 5.3 Mutagen-Induced Sex Chromosome Losses.- 5.4 Somatic Mutation and Mitotic Recombination.- 6. Population Genetics.- 6.1 Determination of Allele Frequencies in Populations in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.- 6.2 Variations in Populations with Natural and Artificial Selection.- 6.3 Mating Behavior.- 6.4 Mating Preferences.- 7. Cytology and Cytogenetics.- 7.1 Microscopic Analysis of Mitotic and Polytene Chromosomes.- 7.2 Balancer Chromosomes.- 8. Molecular Biology of Drosophila: An Overview.- 9. Results and Answers.- 10. Subject Index.

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