Centromere
Subtitle: structure and evolution
By: Đurđica Ugarković, editor
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Progress in molecular and subcellular biology -- 48
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9783642001826; 9783642001819
Subjects: Centromere; Physiology
Description: "This book presents current views on centromere structure and identity. It deals with the epigenetic concept of centromere establishment and maintenance as well as with the role of DNA and centromeric transcripts in centromere formation and function. Special emphasis is placed on centromere evolution: different evolutionary models are discussed in detail and the latest research on the evolution of new centromeres and neocentromeres is presented."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.