Gene-Environment Interplay

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics reasearch. This thematic volume of Advances in Genetics looks at Socio-Genetics.

List of contents

1. Social Influences on Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Insects
Ada Eban-Rothschild, and Guy Bloch


2. Interplay Between Social Experiences and the Genome: Epigenetic Consequences for Behavior
Frances A. Champagne


3. One, Two, and Many - A Perspective on What Groups of Drosophila melanogaster Can Tell Us About Social Dynamics
Jonathan Schneider, Jade Atallah, and Joel D. Levine


4. The Circadian Clock of the Fly: A Neurogenetics Journey through Time

Özge Özkaya, and Ezio Rosato

Report

Praise for previous volumes in the series:"Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions." -Nature
"Can be highly recommended to geneticists, and biologists in general...will prove to be of high importance for the development of the science of genetics." -Science

Product details

• Assisted by: Maria B. Sokolowski (Editor)
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2012
• EAN: 9780123876874
• ISBN: 978-0-12-387687-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 10 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Advances in Genetics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical)