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Conservation of plant genes : DNA banking and in vitro biotechnology /
This is the first report of the DNA Bank-Net, an organization whose goal is to encourage the conservation, collection, and preservation of plant genes. DNA banking and gene retrieval Oligonucleotides from endangered/extinct species Operation of a DNA banking facility The impact of intellectual prope...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, Calif. :
Academic Press,
�1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Conservation of Plant Genes; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; DNA Bank-Net Workshop Participants; Preface; Chapter 1. Efforts to Conserve Tropical Plants-A Global Perspective; INTRODUCTION; COMPLETING THE INVENTORY; APPROACHES TO CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREAS; EX SITU CONSERVATION; SETTING PRIORITIES; HOTSPOTS; CENTERS OF PLANT DIVERSITY; RAPID ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (RAP); CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 2. The Gene Library-Preservation and Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Australasia; INTRODUCTION; AUSTRALIA'S UNIQUE FLORA AND FAUNA; THE LOSS OF AUSTRALIAN SPECIES; THE GENE LIBRARY
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION OF ECONOMICALLY USEFUL GENESChapter 5. Germplasm Conservation and Economic Development; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; ENVIRONMENT, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT; AGENDA 21; TECHNICAL, NATIONAL GLOBAL AND PRIORITIES; Chapter 6. Feasibility of Obtaining Comparative Gene Sequence Data from Preserved and Fossil Materials; INTRODUCTION; MOLECULAR STUDIES OF DRIED CONTEMPORARY PLANTS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL LEAF COMPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; DOCUMENTATION OF FOSSIL DNA STUDIES; CORROBORATIVE STUDIES BY OTHER LABORATORIES
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE OF HERBARIUM/FOSSIL DNAChapter 7. Prospects of Accessing DNA Banks for the Isolation of Genes Encoding Biologically Active Proteins; INTRODUCTION; METHODS FOR GENE ISOLATION; GENES ENCODING ENZYMES INVOLVED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SECONDARY METABOLITES; GENES ENCODING PROTEINS WITH DIRECT BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; GENES ENCODING REGULATORY PROTEINS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 8. The Discovery of Medicines and Forest Conservation; INTRODUCTION; DISCOVERY OF MODERN MEDICINES; PLANTS AS SOURCES OF NEW MEDICINES; IMPORTANCE OF TROPICAL FORESTS
- CONSERVATION OF TROPICAL FORESTSChapter 9. Preservation of DNA in Plant Specimens from Tropical Species by Desiccation; INTRODUCTION; PREPARATION OF PLANT MATERIAL; DNA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSES; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; PROTOCOL FOR FIELD PRESERVATION OF FOLIAGE; Chapter 10. Some Possible Applications of Molecular Genetics in the Conservation of Wild Species for Crop Improvement; INTRODUCTION; THE USE OF DIVERSITY AND THE NEED FOR DIVERSE COLLECTIONS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; THE AMOUNT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY PRESENT; THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN GENE POOLS