Title: Fungal genetics : principles and practice /
Authors: Bos, Cees J., 1936-
Publisher: Marcel Dekker,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Fungi Genetics; Mycology; Genetics, Microbial; Chromosomes, Fungal
Abstract: This practical resource offers a concise guide to the combined use of classical and molecular methods for the genetic analysis and breeding of fungi - presenting basic concepts and experimental designs and demonstrating the power of fungal genetics for applied research in biotechnology and phytopathology. Addressing each major topic in the manipulation and analysis of fungi, Fungal Genetics explains genetic processes...examines spontaneous mutations, mutation induction, and the isolation and characterization of mutants...discusses sexual and parasexual genetic analysis...details physical karyotypes and restriction fragment analysis...describes the organization of genetic material in fungal nuclei as well as meiotic and mitotic processes...compares genetic mapping techniques and breeding strategies...and more. Written by over 25 international experts representing nine countries and containing nearly 1000 bibliographic citations, Fungal Genetics is an indispensable reference for mycologists, microbiologists, phytopathologists, biotechnologists, biochemists, molecular and cell biologists, geneticists, botanists, plant physiologists and pathologists, microbial and fungal ecologists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Contents: 1. Biology of Fungi / Cees J. Bos -- 2. Mutation / Cees J. Bos and David Stadler -- 3. Meiotic Recombination / Karl Esser -- 4. Somatic Recombination / Cees J. Bos -- 5. Molecular Genetic Analysis / Theo Goosen and Fons Debets -- 6. Chromosomes, Mitosis, and Meiosis / Benjamin C. K. Lu -- 7. Extrachromosomal and Transposable Genetic Elements / Heinz D. Osiewacz -- 8. Genetic Transformation and Vector Developments in Filamentous Fungi / Maureen B. R. Riach and James Robertson Kinghorn -- 9. Mapping and Breeding Strategies / Klaas Swart -- 10. Mitochondrial Genetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Way from Genetic Crosses to Transposable Elements / Klaus Wolf -- 11. Construction of a Physical Map of the Candida albicans Genome / P. T. Magee and Stewart Scherer -- 12. Use of a Heterologous Gone as Marker for Genetic Analysis in Aspergillus niger / Fons Debets -- 13. Mutation in Neurospora crassa: From X-Rays to RIP / Alan Radford, Jon J. P. Bruchez, Fawzi Taleb and Paul J. Stone -- 14. Genetic Analysis and Mapping of Avirulence Genes in Magnaporthe grisea / Mark L. Farman and Sally Ann Leong -- 15. Genetic Analysis of Senescence in Podospora anserina / Heinz D. Osiewacz -- 16. Horizontal Transmission in Fungal Populations / Rolf F. Hoekstra -- 17. Genetic Analysis in the Imperfect Fungus Cladosporium fulvum: The Development of a Map-Based Strategy for the Cloning of Genes Involved in Pathogenicity / Jose Arnau and Richard P. Oliver -- 18. Production and Analysis of Meiotic Mutants in Coprinus cinereus / Patricia J. Pukkila -- 19. A Case Study in Fungal Development and Genetics: Schizophyllum commune / Kirk A. Bartholomew, Amy L. Marion, Charles P. Novotny and Robert C. Ullrich -- 20. Genetics of Phycomyces / Arturo P. Eslava and Maria I. Alvarez -- 21. Genetic Analysis in the Oomycetous Fungus: Phytophthora infestans / D. S. Shaw.