Towards an understanding of the mechanism of heredity / H.L.K. Whitehouse ; foreword by G. Pontecorvo.

  • Harold Leslie Keer Whitehouse
Date:
1973
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Credit: Towards an understanding of the mechanism of heredity / H.L.K. Whitehouse ; foreword by G. Pontecorvo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter 17. The theory of the single-stranded chromosome 372 1. Single-stranded versus multistranded chromosomes, 372 2. Light microscopy of chromosomes, 372 3. Electron microscopy of chromosomes, 372 4. Tritiated thymidine labelling, 373 5. X-ray-induced aberrations, 374 6. Lampbrush chromosomes, 376 7. Induced subchromatid exchanges, 381 8. DNA content of nuclei, 382 9. Conclusions about chromosome strands, 384 Chapter 18. The theory of the chromomere as the basic unit of the chromosome 388 1. Introduction, 388 2. Unstable phenotypes, 388 3. Heterochromatin, 391 4. Controlling elements, 393 5. Controlling episomes, 394 6. The control of differentiation, 395 7. The master and slaves hypothesis, 399 8. Genes for ribosomal and transfer RNA, 402 9. Satellite DNA, 406 10. The cycloid model for the chromosome, 408 11. The chromomere as the replicon, 411 12. Antibody diversity, 415 13. Chromosome inactivation, 419 14. The cytoplasm in differentiation, 424 15. Cytoplasmic inheritance, 427 16. The environment and gene activity, 432 17. Conclusions, 433 Appendix 1. Organisms mentioned in the text 435 Appendix 2. Glossary of genetical terms used in the text 445 References-Author Index 455 Index 514
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