Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements /

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Covering species from yeast to humans, Genes in Conflict is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements, those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Burt, Austin (Autor), Trivers, Robert, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2006]
Temas:
Selfish genetic elements.
Genes.
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Genes
Éléments génétiques égoïstes.
Gènes.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
Selfish genetic elements
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Selfish genetic elements
  • 2. Autosomal killers
  • 3. Selfish sex chromosomes
  • 4. Genomic imprinting
  • 5. Selfish mitochondrial DNA
  • 6. Gene conversion and homing
  • 7. Transposable elements
  • 8. Female drive
  • 9. B chromosomes
  • 10. Genomic exclusion
  • 11. Selfish cell lineages
  • 12. Summary and future directions.

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