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Epigenetic shaping of sociosexual interactions : from plants to humans /

Epigenetic Shaping of Sociosexual Interactions: From Plants to Humans is the first attempt to interpret the higher social functions of organisms. This volume covers an extraordinarily wide range of biological research and provides a novel framework for understanding human-specific brain functions. &...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yamamoto, Daisuke, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, MA : Academic Press/Elsevier Science, 2014.
Colección:Advances in genetics ; v. 86.
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  • Front Cover; ADVANCES IN GENETICS, VOLUME 86; Advances in Genetics; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter One
  • Genomic Imprinting in Plants: What Makes the Functions of Paternal and Maternal Genes Different in Endosperm Formation?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WHEN DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR?; 3. WHY DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR?; 4. HOW DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING OCCUR? MECHANISMS OF GENOMIC IMPRINTING; 5. THE ROLE OF GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN PLANTS: FUNCTION AS A REPRODUCTIVE BARRIER; 6. PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter Two
  • MicroRNAs and Epigenetics in Adult Neurogenesis1. EFFECTS OF MICRORNAS ON NEUROGENESIS; 2. NEUROGENESIS REGULATION BY SPECIFIC MIRNAS; 3. OLIGODENDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND MIRNAS; 4. ASTROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND MIRNAS; 5. IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON ADULT NEUROGENESIS; 6. MIRNAS AND NEURONAL DISORDERS; REFERENCES; Chapter Three
  • An Epigenetic Switch of the Brain Sex as a Basis of Gendered Behavior in Drosophila; 1. COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; 2. FRU IS A SEX-DETERMINATION GENE; 3. FRU PROTEINS AS PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
  • 4. FRU AND DSX PROTEINS SPECIFY SEX TYPES OF SINGLE NEURONS5. THE MAL NEURAL CLUSTER AS A MODEL TO STUDY SINGLE-CELL SEX DIFFERENCES; 6. CHROMATIN MODIFICATION AS A PLAUSIBLE MECHANISTIC BASIS FOR THE ACTIONS OF FRUM; 7. FRUM PLAYS A ROLE IN THE ALL-OR-NONE SEX SWITCHING OF SINGLE NEURONS; 8. ARE THE TWO STABLE STATES ATTAINED BY GRADED CHANGES IN FRUM ACTIVITY?; 9. PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Four
  • Neural Transposition in the Drosophila Brain: Is It All Bad News?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FRUIT FLY TRANSPOSONS; 3. METHODS TO STUDY MOBILE ELEMENT ACTIVITY
  • 4. HOST CELL DEFENSE MECHANISMS5. IMPACT OF TRANSPOSONS ON THE HOST CELL; 6. TIMING OF TRANSPOSON ACTIVITY; 7. TRANSPOSONS IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND DECLINE; 8. CELLULAR MOSAICISM AND BEHAVIORAL INDIVIDUALITY; 9. IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Five
  • Fine-Tuning Notes in the Behavioral Symphony: Parent-of-Origin Allelic Gene Expression in the Brain; 1. EPIGENETICS: SHAPING BEHAVIOR; 2. DIO3: A CASE STUDY; 3. EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIED ALLELIC EXPRESSION IN BRAIN; REFERENCES
  • Chapter Six
  • Influencing the Social Group: The Role of Imprinted Genes1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REGULATION; 3. IMPRINTED GENES IMPLICATED IN SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; 4. IMPRINTED GENES: ACTION OR REACTION?; 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven
  • The Potential Role of SRY in Epigenetic Gene Regulation During Brain Sexual Differentiation in Mammals; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SRY AND SEX DETERMINATION; 3. SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE BRAIN; 4. EPIGENETICS OF BRAIN SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION; 5. DISCUSSION; 6. PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES
  • Chapter Eight
  • The Biological Basis of Human Sexual Orientation: Is There a Role for Epigenetics?