Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements / / Austin Burt and Robert Trivers
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| Autore: |
Burt Austin
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| Titolo: |
Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements / / Austin Burt and Robert Trivers
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (632 pages ) : illustrations (some col.), maps |
| Disciplina: | 572.838 |
| Soggetto topico: | Selfish genetic elements |
| Genes | |
| Altri autori: |
TriversRobert
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| Note generali: | Originally published: 2006. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-575) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- ONE Selfish Genetic Elements -- TWO Autosomal Killers -- THREE Selfish Sex Chromosomes -- FOUR Genomic Imprinting -- FIVE Selfish Mitochondrial DNA -- SIX Gene Conversion and Homing -- SEVEN Transposable Elements -- EIGHT Female Drive -- NINE B Chromosomes -- TEN Genomic Exclusion -- ELEVEN Selfish Cell Lineages -- TWELVE Summary and Future Directions -- References -- Glossary -- Expanded Contents -- Taxonomic Index -- General Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Covering all species from yeast to humans, this is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Genes in conflict |
| ISBN: | 9780674029118 |
| 0674029119 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957860503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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