Drosophila Genetics

1. Front Matter

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2. General

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 1-31

3. Morphology of Drosophila Melanogaster

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 33-54

4. Transmission Genetics

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 55-101

5. Phenogenetics

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 103-134

6. Mutation Genetics

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 135-161

7. Population Genetics

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 163-175

8. Cytology and Cytogenetics

   • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

   Pages 177-188

9. Molecular Biology

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   Pages 189-202

10. Results and Answers

    • Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, Friedrich E. Würgler

    Pages 203-231

11. Back Matter

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The Biological Sciences are in the midst of a scientific rev­ olution. During the past decade under the rubric of molecu­ lar biology, chemistry and physics have assumed an integral role in biological research. This is especially true in ge­ netics, where the cloning of genes and the manipulation of genomic DNA have become in many organisms routine laboratory procedures. These noteworthy advances, it must be empha­ sized, especially in molecular genetics, are not autonomous. Rather, they have been accomplished with those organisms whose formal genetics has been documented in great detail. For the beginning student or the established investigator who is interested in pursuing eukaryote molecular genetic re­ search, Drosophila melanogaster, with its rich body of formal genetic information is one organism of choice. The book "Drosophila Genetics. A Practical Course" is an indispens­ able source of information for the beginner in the biology and formal genetics of Drosophila melanogaster. The scope of this guide, a revision and enlargement of the original German language version, is broad and instructive. The information included ranges from the simple, but necessary, details on how to culture and manipulate Drosophila flies to a series of more sophisticated genetic experiments. After completing the experiments detailed in the text, all students - neophyte or experienced - will be richly rewarded by having acquired a broad base of classical genetics information relevant for the biologist in its own right and prerequisite to Drosophila genetics research - formal and/or molecular. Davis, California, Melvin M.

• Allele
• Chromosomen
• Drosophila
• Fruchtfliege
• Mutation
• Termination
• chromosome
• chromosomes
• fruit fly
• genetics
• morphology
• mutant
• mutations
• phenotype
• recombination

• Institute of Toxikology, ETH and University of Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

  Ulrich Graf, Friedrich E. Würgler

• Department of Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  Nancy Schaik

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