Advances in genetics
By: edited by Theodore Friedmann, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen F. Goodwin
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Advances in genetics -- v. 80
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780124047433; 9780124047426
Subjects: Genetics & Genomics; SCIENCE; Life Sciences; Genetics
Description: The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines. * Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implications * Critically analyzes future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in Genetics, Volume 80; Advances in Genetics; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; ChapterOne; title: miRNA, Development and Disease; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIOGENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT; 3. CONSERVATION, HOX GENES, AND MIRNA REGULATION; 4. EXPRESSION, DEVELOPMENTAL SWITCHES AND PHENOTYPIC MODULATORS; 5. MIRNAS AND BRAIN; 6. MIRNAS AND SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; 7. MIRNAS AND MYOGENESIS; 8. MIRNAS AND TARGET MUTATIONS IN HUMAN DISEASE; 9. PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ChapterTwo; title: Precision Editing of Large Animal Genomes; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PRECISION GENETIC ENGINEERING.; title: 3. FUTURE DIRECTIONS-APPLICATIONS OF PRECISION GENETICS IN ANIMALSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ChapterThree; title: The Genetic Analysis of Functional Connectomics in Drosophila; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REVEALING THE STRUCTURAL CONNECTOME; 3. ASSIGNING FUNCTIONS TO STRUCTURAL NETWORKS; 4. BRIDGING SYNAPTOPHYSIOLOGY TO STRUCTURAL CONNECTOMICS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index.