Essential Fungal Genetics

Lily Ann Novak-Frazer, David Moore

358 pages, parution le 15/07/2002

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Résumé

Most genetics textbooks deal adequately with plant and animal genetics, but tend to neglect fungi except for two areas. Firstly, the ascus segregations which, in the 1960s, contributed so much to developing an understanding of the mechanism of recombination and secondly, the contribution that work on yeast (as a model eukaryote) is currently making to understanding cell cycle control and its genetic regulation. Consequently, most introductory genetics texts will leave the reader/student with the impression that fungi are of use when peculiarities of their structure or life style suit them to particular experimental approaches, but are not worth mentioning otherwise. The authors have produced a book that will compensate for this imbalance. This book discusses the genetics of fungi in a way that is attractive and challenging, succinct yet comprehensive, sensitive to commercial and applied aspects, yet also theoretical, dealing with their genetics from molecules to individuals to population. This short text will be an ideal supplement to the established basic textbooks in genetics or can be used as the sole text for an advanced course devoted to fungal genetics.

Contents

Illustration credits
Why study the genomes of fungi?
Genome interactions
Wild types and mutants
Segregation genetics - the indirect approach
Recombination analysis
Mechanisms of recombination
The physical genotype
Genes to genomics: mapping the fungal genome
Systematics, phylogeny and evolution
The genetics of fungal differentiation and morphogenesis
Index.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Lily Ann Novak-Frazer, David Moore
Parution	15/07/2002
Nb. de pages	358
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	670g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387953670
ISBN13	978-0-387-95367-0