General Genetics

General Genetics
Author: M. J. Sirks
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401575878

Molecular Mimicry

Molecular Mimicry
Author: Michael B.A. Oldstone
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642745946

This volume focuses on the evidence for or against molecular mimicry as a cause of autoimmunity. Contributions from recognized experts present their original findings, and the final chapter reviews the overall perspective of molecular mimicry, how to use its principles in clinical investigation and list the conceptual traits by which autoimmune disaese can occur.

Survival of Parasites, Microbes and Tumours

Survival of Parasites, Microbes and Tumours
Author: M. J. Doenhoff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1998-06-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521645829

The papers in this volume draw attention to both new and recent information on the mechanisms employed by infectious pathogens to underpin their survival in the immunocompetent host and to facilitate their transmission between hosts.

Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 2: Evolution of Sex

Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 2: Evolution of Sex
Author: William Donald Hamilton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 932
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780198503361

The second volume of the collected papers of W D Hamilton, the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century. Volume 1, The Evolution of Social Behaviour (OUP, still in print), was devoted to the first half of Hamilton's life's work; Volume 2 is devoted to the other half, on sex and sexual selection. Each paper is accompanied by a specially-written autobiographical introduction.

Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism

Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism
Author: Costas B. Krimbas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1992-08-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849365478

Inversion polymorphism in Drosophila has long served as a research subject for a variety of evolutionary studies and continues to be extremely important in understanding evolutionary principles today. Until now, no single volume has ever been assembled as a summary of this work. Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism provides background information, explores new and rigorous approaches to reconstructing phylogenetic relationships from inversion variation, and discusses inversion polymorphism in the six most studied species groups. Some chapters examine general principles and conclusions, some present detailed data sets (many of which have never before been published), and others offer detailed chromosome maps for identification. The book is a one-of-a-kind source of summary discussions and data ripe for analysis. Geneticists, evolutionary biologists, biologists, and all investigators researching inversion polymorphisms should consider Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism a "must-have" volume.

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster
Author: Farzana Khan Perveen
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2018-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9535138537

This book contains 12 chapters divided into two sections. Section 1 is "Drosophila - Model for Genetics." It covers introduction, chromosomal polymorphism, polytene chromosomes, chromosomal inversion, chromosomal evolution, cell cycle regulators in meiosis and nongenetic transgenerational inheritance in Drosophila. It also includes ecological genetics, wild-type strains, morphometric analysis, cytostatics, frequencies of early and late embryonic lethals (EEL and LEL) and mosaic imaginal discs of Drosophila for genetic analysis in biomedical research. Section 2 is "Drosophila - Model for Therapeutics." It explains Drosophila as model for human diseases, neurodegeneration, heart-kidney metabolic disorders, cancer, pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease, dopamine, neuroprotective therapeutics, mitochondrial dysfunction and translational research. It also covers Drosophila role in ubiquitin-carboxyl-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) protein, eye development, anti-dUCH antibody, neuropathy target esterase (NTE), organophosphorous compound-induced delayed neuropathy (OPIDN) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). It also includes substrate specificities, kinetic parameters of recombinant glutathione S-transferases E6 and E7 (DmGSTE6 and DmGSTE7), detoxification and insecticidal resistance and antiviral immunity in Drosophila.