Chromosomes : organization and function

1. publ.

Malden

2003

VII, 287 S.

Ill., graph. Darst.

Monographie

0632054077

17869BU

40001367

Chapter 1: Why study chromosomes? Chapter 2: Mitosis, meiosis and the cell Cycle ; Chapter 3: DNA, the genetic code ; Chapter 4: Assembly of chromatin ; Chapter 5: The chromosomes in Interphase ; Chapter 6: Structure of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes ; Chapter 7: Constitutive Heterochromatin ; Chapter 8: Sex chromosomes and sex determination ; Chapter 9: Imprinting ; Chapter 10: Euchromatin and the longitudinal differentiation of chromosomes ; Chapter 11: The nucleolus and the nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) ; Chapter 12: Centromeres, kinetochores and the segregation of chromosomes ; Chapter 13: Telomeres ; Chapter 14: Lampbrush chr ; Chapter 15: Polytene chromosomes ; Chapter 16: Chromosomes, the karyotype and evolution ; Chapter 17: Chromosomes and disease ; Chapter 18: Chromosome engineering and artificial chromosomes