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Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook, 2nd Edition

• ISBN-10: 0-87969-706-7
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87969-706-8
• UNSPSC Code: 55101509

Properties

• publication info: M. Ashburner, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005, 1330 pp., hard cover

Description

General description

The second edition of the highly successful grey book Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook, first published in 1989, has been completely updated to reflect advances in techniques and knowledge. The original format is maintained, providing a handy reference guide to most aspects of the biology of Drosophila. Each of the thirty-six chapters summarizes the present state of the subject, written with a historical perspective, but with an emphasis on the practical use of genetic and other methods. Extensively referenced.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Databases & Literature
3. Stocks
4. Chromosomes
5. The Genome
6. Life Cycle
7. Mutation & Mutagenesis
8. Transgenesis and the Manipulation of Genes and Gene Expression
9. Classes of Mutations & Mutant Alleles
10. Mapping and Exchange
11. Deletions
12. Inversions
13. Balancer Chromosomes
14. Translocations
15. Duplications
16. The Y Chromosome
17. The 4th Chromosome
18. Ring Chromosomes
19. Compound Chromosomes and Free Autosomal Arms
20. Autosynaptic Chromosome Elements
21. Female Meiosis
22. Male Meiosis
23. Genetic Analysis of DNA Repair
24. Haploids, Polyploids, and Chromosomal Aneuploids
25. Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation
26. Mitotic Exchange
27. Mosaics
28. Position Effect Variegation
29. Pairing Dependent Phenomena
30. Hybrid Dysgenesis & Related Phenomena
31. The Family Drosophilidae
32. The Melanogaster Species Group
33. The Melanogaster Species Subgroup
34. Parasites, Pests, and Diseases