Chromosomes Today Volume 14 [Hardcover]

Chromosomes Today volume 14 records the plenary proceedings of the 14th International Chromosome Conference, presenting an overview of the current concerns in plant, animal and human cytogenetics. This volume provides up-to-date information regarding relevant aspects on structure, function and evolution of chromosomes, meiosis, sex chromosomes, and cancer cytogenetics. It contains invited contributions from some of the world's leading experts in the field.Chromosomes Today volume 14 records the plenary proceedings of the 14th International Chromosome Conference, presenting an overview of the current concerns in plant, animal and human cytogenetics. This volume provides up-to-date information regarding relevant aspects on structure, function and evolution of chromosomes, meiosis, sex chromosomes, and cancer cytogenetics. It contains invited contributions from some of the world's leading experts in the field.Color PlatesPart 1. Sex ChromosomesChapter 1.1. Mammalian Sex Chromosome Evolution  The Rise and Fall of the Y Chromosome; Jennifer A. Marshall Graves and Paul D. WatersChapter 1.2. Avian Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes; I. Nanda, Z. Shan, C. Steinlein, M. Schartl, T. Haaf and M. SchmidChapter 1.3. DMRT Genes and Sex Determination in Medaka; Ute Hornung, Indrajit Nanda, Mariko Kondo, Atsushi Shimizu, Shuichi Asakawa, Jean-Nicolas Volff, Christoph Winkler, Zhihong Shan, Thomas Haaf, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Akihiro Shima, Michael Schmid and Manfred SchartlChapter 1.4. Evolution of the Y Chromosome in Primates; Werner SchemppChapter 1.5. The Male Hypermethylation (MHM) Region on the Chicken Z Chromosome: Female-Specific Transcription and its Biological Implication; Mika Teranishi and Shigeki MizunoChapter 1.6. Neo-X and Neo-Y Chromosomes in Drosophila miranda; S. Steinemann and M. SteinemannChapter 1.7. The X Chromosome Plays a Special Role During Speciation; Hildegard Keher-Sawatzki and Horst HameisterChapter 1.8. Sex Chromosome Evolution: Evidence from Fish, Fly al_