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Mutation research

Problems, results and perspectives

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  1. Charlotte Auerbach

    1. Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. The history of mutation research

    • Charlotte Auerbach
    Pages 1-14

  4. Classification of gene mutations

    • Charlotte Auerbach
    Pages 31-53

  5. Reverse mutations. Suppressors

    • Charlotte Auerbach
    Pages 54-72

  19. Nitrous acid. Other chemical mutagens

    • Charlotte Auerbach
    Pages 335-361
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About this book

This book is intended for the senior undergraduate (Honours student) in genetics, and for the postgraduate who wants a survey of the whole field or information on a special area within it. In order to cater for readers with such different requirements, I have made the list of references unusually large for a textbook. It includes classical papers as well as very recent ones (to the end of 1974); reviews as well as specialized articles; elementary expositions from Scientific American as well as highly technical papers from journals on genetics and molecular biology. In areas of active research, I have given preference to the latest references, which will lead the reader to earlier ones. In addition to the references at the end of each chapter, a bibliography at the end of the book lists relevant books and general reviews. Apart from the first chapter, the book is not written as a history of mutation research; but throughout I have tried to emphasize the continuity of the problems, concepts and ideas. The reader will find many examples of this. Muller's once famous and then almost forgotten classification of genes by their action has now been given biochemical reality by studies of gene action in vitro. The problem of whether mutations can arise in non-replicating genomes is one of the oldest in mutation research; yet an unequivocal solution was obtained only recently with bacteriophage.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Charlotte Auerbach

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mutation research

  • Book Subtitle: Problems, results and perspectives

  • Authors: Charlotte Auerbach

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3103-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Charlotte Auerbach 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-11280-5Published: 01 January 1976

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3103-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 504

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Animal Genetics and Genomics

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