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  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; PREFACE; PARTICIPANTS; INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME; THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNIQUES PUT INTO BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 1: CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: EVOLUTION AND STABILITY OF SPECIES; MUTATION; SEX AND RECOMBINATION; SPECIES AND THEIR FORMATION; RATES OF EVOLUTION AND POLYMORPHISM; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; DISCUSSION; Chapter 3: ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE EUKARYOTIC GENOME; Publisher Summary; THE KINETICS OF RENATURATION OF EUKARYOTIC DNA; DENSITY GRADIENT FRACTIONATION OF EUKARYOTIC DNA
  • DISCUSSIONChapter 4: NATURAL MODES OF GENETIC EXCHANGE AND CHANGE; Publisher Summary; MODES OF GENE TRANSFER; GENE TRANSFER IN NATURE; IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPECIFIC GENE TRANSFER; ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSFERRED DNA; BARRIERS TO TRANSFER AND ESTABLISHMENT; TESTS FOR RARE GENE EXCHANGER; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION; Chapter 5: TRANSPOSONS AND INSERTION SEQUENCES; Publisher Summary; DISCUSSION; Chapter 6: LABORATORY GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; Publisher Summary; DISCUSSION.; ACHIEVEMENTS OF RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH; Chapter 7: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES FOR DNA CLONING
  • Publisher SummaryChapter 8: APPLICATION OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY TO THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF PROKARYOTES; Publisher Summary; DETECTION OF HOMOLOGOUS SEQUENCES; CONSTRUCTION OF MUTANTS; ANALYSIS BY GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENE FUSIONS AND GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION AND ITS AMPLIFICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 9: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF ANIMALS; Publisher Summary; GLOBIN GENES; CHICKEN OVIDUCT GENES; GENE REARRANGEMENTS AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENES; SPLICING; INTRON-EXON BOUNDARIES; POSSIBLE TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL REGIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; DISCUSSION
  • Chapter 10: RECOMBINANT DNA AND ANIMAL VIRUSES: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTSPublisher Summary; DISCUSSION; Chapter 11: CHAIRMAN's INTRODUCTION; Chapter 12: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF FUNGI AND PLANTS; MOLECULAR GENETICS OF FUNGI; MOLECULAR GENETICS OF PLANTS; DISCUSSION; Chapter 13: RECOMBINANT DNA AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; Publisher Summary; MICRO-ORGANISMS; FARM ANIMALS; CROPS; DISCUSSION; Chapter 14: EXPRESSION OF FOREIGN GENES; Publisher Summary; BARRIERS TO HETEROSPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION OF DNA; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSLATION OF RNA; PROTEIN PROCESSING