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Genetics, Development, and Evolution

17th Stadler Genetics Symposium

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. J. Perry Gustafson

    1. University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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  2. G. Ledyard Stebbins

    1. University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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  3. Francisco J. Ayala

    1. University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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Part of the book series: Stadler Genetics Symposia Series (SGSS)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Evolution and Morphogenesis: The Regulator Hypothesis

    • Gerald M. Edelman
    Pages 1-27

  3. Gene Action and Morphogenesis in Plants

    • G. Ledyard Stebbins
    Pages 29-46

  4. Mobile Elements in Maize: A Force in Evolutionary and Plant Breeding Processes

    • Peter A. Peterson
    Pages 47-78

  5. Mutation, Apical Meristems and Developmental Selection in Plants

    • Edward J. Klekowski Jr., Hans Mohr, Nina Kazarinova-Fukshansky
    Pages 79-113

  6. Properties of Mutable Alleles Recovered from Mutator Stocks of Zea Mays L.

    • Virginia Walbot, Catherine P. Briggs, Vicki Chandler
    Pages 115-142

  7. Plant DNA Variation and Stress

    • C. A. Cullis
    Pages 143-155

  8. Conditio Sine Qua Non for de Novo Emergence of New Genes and the Concept of Primordial Building Blocks

    • Susumu Ohno, Nozomu Mori, Takeshi Matsunaga
    Pages 157-174

  9. Organization of Mutant Genes in Mouse t-Haplotypes

    • Dorothea Bennett
    Pages 175-185

  10. Genetic Analysis of Morphogenesis

    • Antonio Garcia-Bellido
    Pages 187-209

  11. Cell Lineage and Cell Interactions in the Determination of Developmental Cell Fates

    • Marty Shankland, Gunther S. Stent
    Pages 211-233

  12. Structure and Regulated Transcription of DIRS-1, A Novel Dictyostelium Discoideum Transposable Element

    • Joe Cappello, Stephen M. Cohen, Karl Handelsman, Harvey F. Lodish
    Pages 235-251

  13. Developmental Constraints and Evolutionary Saltations: A Discussion and Critique

    • Jeffrey S. Levinton
    Pages 253-288

  14. Intraspecies Genomic Variation

    • Roy J. Britten
    Pages 289-306

  15. Structure and Function of the Human Retroviruses

    • Lee Ratner, Robert C. Gallo
    Pages 307-342

  16. The T-DNA Genes of Agrobacterium Plasmids Appear to be of a Complex Evolutionary Origin

    • Jeff Schell
    Pages 343-353

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 355-361
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About this book

One outstanding question in biology is the problem of devel­ opment: how the genetic instructions encoded in the DNA become expressed in the morphological, physiological, and behavioral features of multicellular organisms, through an ordered sequence of events that extend from the first cell division of the zygote to the adult stage and eventual death. The problem is how a one­ dimensional array of instructions is transformed into a four­ dimensional entity, the organism that exists in space and time. Understanding this transformation is, nevertheless, necessary for mastering the process of evolution. One hundred and twenty-five years after The Origin of Species, we have gained some understanding of evolution at the genetic level. Genetic information is stored in the linear sequence of nucleotides in the DNA. Gene mutations, chromosomal reorganiza­ tions, and a host of related processes introduce variation in the sequence and the amount of DNA. The fate of these variations is determined by interactions within the genome and with the outside environment that are largely understood. We have recently gained a glimpse of how the genome of eukaryotes is organized and will learn much more about it in the future, now that we have the research tools for it.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    J. Perry Gustafson

  • University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

    G. Ledyard Stebbins, Francisco J. Ayala

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetics, Development, and Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: 17th Stadler Genetics Symposium

  • Editors: J. Perry Gustafson, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Francisco J. Ayala

  • Series Title: Stadler Genetics Symposia Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5137-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5139-9Published: 24 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5137-5Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1568-1009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 361

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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