Human Chromosomes

ISBN-13: 9780387950464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 501 str.

Orlando J. Miller; Eeva Therman; Eeva Therman

Opis

The fourth edition of this work aims to provide students, researchers and technicians in the areas of medicine, genetics and cell biology with an up-to-date introduction to the structure and behaviour of human chromosomes. It covers both basic and up-to-date material on normal and defective chromosomes, and this new edition is particularly enhanced by the complete revision of the material on the molecular genetics of chromosomes and chromosomal defects.

Recenzje

From the reviews of the third edition                                  
"Each word "tells" in this concise gem of a human cytogenetics text...Superb organization makes this an excellent text...for any cytogenetics course."
- American Journal of Human Genetics"

...the leading textbook in English on human cytogenetics."
- Cell

Spis treści

1 Origins and Directions of Human Cytogenetics.- 2 The Mitotic Cell Cycle.- 3 DNA Replication and Chromosome Reproduction.- 4 General Features of Mitotic Chromosomes.- 5 The Chemistry and Packaging of Chromosomes.- 6 Chromosome Bands.- 7 Molecular Correlates of Chromosome Bands.- 8 In Situ Hybridization.- 9 Main Features of Meiosis.- 10 Details of Meiosis.- 11 Meiotic Abnormalities: Abnormal Numbers of Chromosomes.- 12 Abnormal Phenotypes Due to Autosomal Aneuploidy or Polyploidy.- 13 Chromosome Structural Aberrations.- 14 The Causes of Structural Aberrations.- 15 Syndromes Due to Autosomal Deletions and Duplications.- 16 Clinical Importance of Translocations, Inversions, and Insertions.- 17 Sex Determination and the Y Chromosome.- 18 The X Chromosome, Dosage Compensation, and X Inactivation.- 19 Phenotypic Effects of Sex Chromosome Imbalance.- 20 Fragile Sites, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion, and the Fragile X Syndrome.- 21 Euploid Chromosome Aberrations, Uniparental Disomy, and Genomic Imprinting.- 22 Chromosome Changes in Cell Differentiation.- 23 Somatic Cell Hybridization in Cytogenetic Analysis.- 24 Chromosome Instability Syndromes.- 25 DNA and Gene Amplification.- 26 Genome Destabilization and Multistep Progression to Cancer.- 27 Chromosomes and Cancer: Activation of Oncogenes.- 28 Chromosomes and Cancer: Inactivation of Tumor Suppressor Genes.- 29 Mapping Human Chromosomes.- 30 Genome Plasticity and Chromosome Evolution.- 31 The Future of Human Cytogenetics.