Structure and Function of Eukaryotic Chromosomes

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction

   • M. M. Green

   Pages 1-4

3. Lampbrush Chromosomes as Seen in Historical Perspective

   • H. G. Callan

   Pages 5-26

4. Polytene Chromosomes

   • G. Korge

   Pages 27-58

5. Giant Chromosomes in Ciliates

   • D. Ammermann

   Pages 59-67

6. The sp-I Genes in the Balbiani Rings of Chironomus Salivary Glands

   • C. Grond, H. Saiga, J.-E. Edström

   Pages 69-80

7. The white Locus of Drosophila melanogaster

   • B. H. Judd

   Pages 81-94

8. The Genetic and Molecular Organization of the Dense Cluster of Functionally Related, Vital Genes in the DOPA Decarboxylase Region of the Drosophila melanogaster Genome

   • T. R. F. Wright

   Pages 95-120

9. Heat Shock: Puffs and Response to Environmental Stress

   • M. L. Pardue, W. G. Bendena, J. C. Garbe

   Pages 121-131

10. The Y Chromosomal Lampbrush Loops of Drosophila

    • W. Hennig

    Pages 133-146

11. Contributions of Electron Microscopic Spreading Preparations (“Miller Spreads”) to the Analysis of Chromosome Structure

    • U. Scheer

    Pages 147-171

12. Replication of DNA in Eukaryotic Chromosomes

    • J. H. Taylor

    Pages 173-197

13. Gene Amplification in Dipteran Chromosomes

    • A. Spradling

    Pages 199-212

14. The Significance of Plant Transposable Elements in Biological Processes

    • Zs. Schwarz-Sommer

    Pages 213-221

15. Arrangement of Chromosomes in Interphase Cell Nuclei

    • H. Saumweber

    Pages 223-234

16. Heterochromatin and the Phenomenon of Chromosome Banding

    • D. Schweizer, J. Loidl, B. Hamilton

    Pages 235-254

17. Multiple Nonhistonel Protein-DNA Complexes in Chromatin Regulate the Cell- and Stage-Specific Activity of an Eukaryotic Gene

    • A. E. Sippel, U. Borgmeyer, A. W. Püschel, R. A. W. Rupp, A. Stief, U. Strech-Jurk et al.

    Pages 255-269

18. Genetics of Sex Determination in Eukaryotes

    • Rolf Nöthiger, Monica Steinmann-Zwicky

    Pages 271-300

19. Applications of Basic Chromosome Research in Biotechnology and Medicine

    • P. M. M. Rae

    Pages 301-314

20. Closing Remarks

    • J. G. Gall

    Pages 315-319

This book presents an overview of various aspects of chromosome research, written by leading experts of the respective fields, combining classic and recent molecular biological results. The variety and comprehensiveness make it a handbook of chromosome research for all scientists, teachers and graduate students interested in this field. Dieses Buch faßt die unterschiedlichen Aspekte der Chromosomenforschung in Beiträgen von führenden Wissenschaftlern zusammen, wobei die klassischen Erkenntnisse mit neuesten Forschungsdaten zu einem umfassenden Überblick über das Gebiet kombiniert werden.

• DNA
• Drosophila
• Interphase
• cell
• chromosome
• gene
• genetics
• genome
• protein
• replication

• Department of Genetics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  Wolfgang Hennig

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