Chromosomes : organization and function /

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Author / Creator:Sumner, A. T. (Adrian Thomas), 1940-
Imprint:Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Description:vii, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4811781
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ISBN:0632054077 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-273) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Why Study Chromosomes?
  • 2. Mitosis, Meiosis And The Cell Cycle
  • 3. DNA, The Genetic Code
  • 4. Assembly Of Chromatin
  • 5. The Chromosomes In Interphase
  • 6. Structure Of Mitotic And Meiotic Chromosomes
  • 7. Constitutive Heterochromatin
  • 8. Sex Chromosomes And Sex Determination
  • 9. Imprinting
  • 10. Euchromatin And The Longitudinal Differentiation Of Chromosomes
  • 11. The Nucleolus And The Nucleolus Organizing Regions (Nors)
  • 12. Centromeres, Kinetochores And The Segregation Of Chromosomes
  • 13. Telomeres
  • 14. Lampbrush Chromosomes
  • 15. Polytene Chromosomes
  • 16. Chromosomes, The Karyotype And Evolution
  • 17. Chromosomes And Disease
  • 18. Chromosome Engineering And Artificial Chromosomes