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The fourth edition of this well-known text provides students, researchers and technicians in the area of medicine, genetics and cell biology with a concise, understandable introduction to the structure and behavior of human chromosomes. It covers both basic and up-to-date material on normal and defective chromosomes. This new edition is particularly strengthened by the complete revision of the material on the molecular genetics of chromosomes and chromosomal defects. The mapping and molecular analysis of chromosomes is one of the most exciting and active areas of modern biomedical research, and this book will be invaluable to scientists, students, technicians and physicians with an interest in the function and dysfunction of chromosomes. From the reviews of the third edition: "Each word "tells" in this concise gem of a human cytogenetics text...Superb organization makes this an excellent text...for any cytogenetics course." American Journal of Human Genetics"...the leading textbook in English on human cytogenetics." Cell
List of contents
From the contents: Preface.- Origins and Directions of Human Cytogenetics.- The Mitotic Cell Cycle and Chromosome Reproduction.- General Features of Mitotic Chromosomes.- The Chemistry and Packaging of Chromosomes.- Chromosome Bands.- Molecular Correlates of Chromosome Bands.- In situ Hybridization.- Somatic Cell Hybridization in Cytogenetic Analysis.- Main Features of Meiosis.- Details of Meiosis.- Meiotic Abnormalities: Abnormal Numbers of Chromosomes.- Abnormal Phenotypes due to Autosomal Aneuploidy.- Phenotypic Effects of Sex Chromosome Imbalance.- Sex Determination and the Y-chromosome.- The X Chromosome, Dosage Compensation, and X-inactivation.- Euploid Chromosome Aberrations, Uniparental Dsomy, and Imprinting.- Chromosome Changes During Cell Differentiation.- Chromosomal Structural Aberrations.- Abnormal Phenotypes Due to Autosomal Duplications and Deletions.- Structural Aberrations Involving Two or More Chromosomes.- Clinical Importance of Translocations and Inversions.- Chromosome Instability Syndromes.- Sister Chromatid Exchanges and Mitotic Crossing-Over.- Genome Instability and Multistep Carcinogenesis.- Chromosomes and Cancer. And much more.... From the contents: Preface.- Origins and Directions of Human Cytogenetics.- The Mitotic Cell Cycle and Chromosome Reproduction.- General Features of Mitotic Chromosomes.- The Chemistry and Packaging of Chromosomes.- Chromosome Bands.- Molecular Correlates of Chromosome Bands.- In situ Hybridization.- Somatic Cell Hybridization in Cytogenetic Analysis.- Main Features of Meiosis.- Details of Meiosis.- Meiotic Abnormalities: Abnormal Numbers of Chromosomes.- Abnormal Phenotypes due to Autosomal Aneuploidy.- Phenotypic Effects of Sex Chromosome Imbalance.- Sex Determination and the Y-chromosome.- The X Chromosome, Dosage Compensation, and X-inactivation.- Euploid Chromosome Aberrations, Uniparental Dsomy, and Imprinting.- Chromosome Changes During Cell Differentiation.- Chromosomal Structural Aberrations.- Abnormal Phenotypes Due to Autosomal Duplications and Deletions.- Structural Aberrations Involving Two or More Chromosomes.- Clinical Importance of Translocations and Inversions.- Chromosome Instability Syndromes.- Sister Chromatid Exchanges and Mitotic Crossing-Over.- Genome Instability and Multistep Carcinogenesis.- Chromosomes and Cancer. And much more...
Summary
This is the fourth edition of an acclaimed introductory textbook on the structure and function of human chromosomes. The explosion of information on human genetic diseases has meant that there is a greater need than ever for students, practising physicians, laboratory technicians, and researchers to have a concise, up-to-date summary of the normal and abnormal behavior of chromosomes. This book continues to fulfill that need, and is strengthened by the complete revision of material on the molecular genetics of chromosomes and chromosomal defects.
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From the reviews of the third edition
"Each word "tells" in this concise gem of a human cytogenetics text...Superb organization makes this an excellent text...for any cytogenetics course."
- American Journal of Human Genetics"
...the leading textbook in English on human cytogenetics."
- Cell
