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Chromosome Structure and Function

Impact of New Concepts

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. J. Perry Gustafson

    1. University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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  2. R. Appels

    1. CSIRO, Canberra, Australia

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

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Analysis of Chromosome Organization by Experimental Manipulation

    • Gary D. Burkholder
    Pages 1-52

  3. Chromosomes and Kinetochores do More in Mitosis than Previously Thought

    • R. Bruce Nicklas
    Pages 53-74

  4. Chromosomal Replicons of Higher Plants

    • Jack Van’t Hof
    Pages 75-89

  5. New Perspectives on the Genetics and Molecular Biology of Constitutive Heterochromatin

    • Arthur J. Hilliker, Cecil B. Sharp
    Pages 91-115

  6. Interactive Meiotic Systems

    • Marjorie P. Maguire
    Pages 117-144

  7. Distribution Patterns of Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins on Polytene Chromosomes: Functional Correlations

    • S. C. R. Elgin, S. A. Amero, J. C. Eissenberg, G. Fleischmann, D. S. Gilmour, T. C. James
    Pages 145-156

  8. Molecular Mapping of Plant Chromosomes

    • Steven D. Tanksley, Joyce Miller, Andrew Paterson, Robert Bernatzky
    Pages 157-173

  9. Transgenic Arabidopsis

    • G. P. Rédei, Csaba Koncz, Jeff Schell
    Pages 175-200

  10. Ribosomal DNA in Maize

    • R. L. Phillips, M. D. McMullen, S. Enomoto, I. Rubenstein
    Pages 201-214

  11. Quantitative Cladistic Analyses of Chromosomal Banding Data Among Species in Three Orders of Mammals: Hominoid Primates, Felids and Arvicolid Rodents

    • William S. Modi, Stephen J. O’Brien
    Pages 215-242

  12. Regulation of Drosophila Chorion Gene Amplification

    • Terry Orr-Weaver, Allan Spradling
    Pages 243-261

  13. Molecular Cloning of the Maize R-nj Allele by Transposon Tagging with Ac

    • Stephen L. Dellaporta, Irwin Greenblatt, Jerry L. Kermicle, James B. Hicks, Susan R. Wessler
    Pages 263-282

  14. Genetic Engineering for Crop Improvement

    • Robert T. Fraley, Stephen G. Rogers, Robert B. Horsch, Ganesh M. Kishore, Roger N. Beachy, Nilgun N. Tumer et al.
    Pages 283-298

  15. The Current Status of Chromosome Analysis in Wheat

    • Bikram S. Gill, R. G. Sears
    Pages 299-321

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 323-326
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A Historical Perspective on the Study of Chromosome Structure and Function R. Appels Division of Plant Industry CSIRO P.O. Box 1600 A.C.T. AUSTRALIA "Modern physical science gives us no model to explain the re­ duplication of the gene-string in each cell generation, or to ex­ plain the production of effective quantities of specific enzymes or other agents by specific genes. The precise pairing and inter­ change of segments by homologous gene-strings at meiosis also suggest novel physical properties of this form of matter". Stadler (1954) The very strong influence of reductionism in the history of understanding chromosome structure and function is evident in the above quotation from Stadler's 1954 paper, "The gene". Earlyob­ servations on the constancy of the cytological appearance of chromo­ somes and their regular behaviour in cell division led to specula­ tion on their biological importance. As genetics became more refined in the early decades of the 20th century the genes-on-a­ string model of chromosomes developed and greater emphasis was placed on the further dissection of these structures. As a result, in the 1980's the reductionist approach is reaching a crest as extensive regions of the genetic material are being sequenced.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    J. Perry Gustafson

  • CSIRO, Canberra, Australia

    R. Appels

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chromosome Structure and Function

  • Book Subtitle: Impact of New Concepts

  • Editors: J. Perry Gustafson, R. Appels

  • Series Title: Stadler Genetics Symposia Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1037-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8304-1Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1037-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1568-1009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 342

  • Topics: Human Genetics, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Plant Sciences

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