Encyclopedia of Genetics Vol. 2 : Hybridomas and Monoclonal Antibodies--XYY Syndrome

by Ness, Bryan D.

• ISBN13: 9781587651519
• ISBN10: 1587651513
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: SALEM PRESS
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Summary

Looks at the field of genetics, covering such topics as autism, DNA, bioethics, cancer, diabetes, eugenics, and pseudogenes.

Table of Contents

Alphabetical List of Contents	xxxi
Hybridomas and Monoclonal Antibodies	441	(4)
Hypercholesterolemia	445	(2)
Icelandic Genetic Database	447	(2)
Immunogenetics	449	(5)
In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer	454	(4)
Inborn Errors of Metabolism	458	(3)
Inbreeding and Assortative Mating	461	(4)
Incomplete Dominance	465	(3)
Infertility	468	(3)
Insurance	471	(3)
Intelligence	474	(5)
Klinefelter Syndrome	479	(2)
Knockout Genetics and Knockout Mice	481	(3)
Lactose Intolerance	484	(1)
Lamarckianism	485	(4)
Lateral Gene Transfer	489	(2)
Linkage Maps	491	(3)
Mendelian Genetics	494	(5)
Metafemales	499	(2)
Miscegenation and Antimiscegenation Laws	501	(2)
Mitochondrial Diseases	503	(2)
Mitochondrial Genes	505	(4)
Mitosis and Meiosis	509	(4)
Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana	513	(3)
Model Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans	516	(4)
Model Organism: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	520	(2)
Model Organism: Drosophila melanogaster	522	(5)
Model Organism: Escherichia coli	527	(6)
Model Organism: Mus musculus	533	(3)
Model Organism: Neurospora crassa	536	(3)
Model Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae	539	(3)
Model Organism: Xenopus laevis	542	(3)
Model Organisms	545	(2)
Molecular Clock Hypothesis	547	(2)
Molecular Genetics	549	(6)
Monohybrid Inheritance	555	(4)
Multiple Alleles	559	(2)
Mutation and Mutagenesis	561	(7)
Natural Selection	568	(4)
Neural Tube Defects	572	(3)
Noncoding RNA Molecules	575	(4)
Nondisjunction and Aneuploidy	579	(4)
Oncogenes	583	(3)
One Gene-One Enzyme Hypothesis	586	(2)
Organ Transplants and HLA Genes	588	(4)
Parthenogenesis	592	(2)
Patents on Life-Forms	594	(2)
Paternity Tests	596	(3)
Pedigree Analysis	599	(3)
Penetrance	602	(2)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)	604	(2)
Plasmids	606	(3)
Polygenic Inheritance	609	(2)
Polymerase Chain Reaction	611	(2)
Polyploidy	613	(4)
Population Genetics	617	(6)
Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes	623	(3)
Prenatal Diagnosis	626	(5)
Prion Diseases: Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome	631	(3)
Protein Structure	634	(4)
Protein Synthesis	638	(5)
Proteomics	643	(3)
Pseudogenes	646	(2)
Pseudohermaphrodites	648	(2)
Punctuated Equilibrium	650	(4)
Quantitative Inheritance	654	(4)
Race	658	(6)
Repetitive DNA	664	(3)
Restriction Enzymes	667	(3)
Reverse Transcriptase	670	(2)
RFLP Analysis	672	(2)
RNA Isolation	674	(2)
RNA Structure and Function	676	(5)
RNA Transcription and mRNA Processing	681	(5)
RNA World	686	(5)
Shotgun Cloning	691	(1)
Sickle-Cell Disease	692	(4)
Signal Transduction	696	(4)
Smallpox	700	(4)
Sociobiology	704	(4)
Speciation	708	(2)
Stem Cells	710	(5)
Sterilization Laws	715	(2)
Steroid Hormones	717	(3)
Swine Flu	720	(3)
Synthetic Antibodies	723	(2)
Synthetic Genes	725	(2)
Tay-Sachs Disease	727	(1)
Telomeres	728	(3)
Testicular Feminization Syndrome	731	(2)
Thalidomide and Other Teratogens	733	(3)
Totipotency	736	(3)
Transgenic Organisms	739	(3)
Transposable Elements	742	(4)
Tumor-Suppressor Genes	746	(2)
Turner Syndrome	748	(2)
Twin Studies	750	(4)
Viral Genetics	754	(2)
Viroids and Virusoids	756	(3)
X Chromosome Inactivation	759	(2)
Xenotransplants	761	(3)
XYY Syndrome	764
Appendices
Biographical Dictionary of Important Geneticists	767	(13)
Nobel Prizes for Discoveries in Genetics	780	(4)
Time Line of Major Developments in Genetics	784	(20)
Glossary	804	(28)
Bibliography	832	(27)
Web Sites	859
Indexes
Category Index	iii
Personages Index	vii
Subject Index	xi