Origins of Genome Architecture

Name: Origins of Genome Architecture
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ISBN: 9780878934843

ISBN-10: 0878934847

ISBN-13: 9780878934843

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Lynch, Bruce Walsh

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The authors offer an explanatory framework for how the architectural diversity of eukarotic genomes and genes came to arise. Presented in non-technical fashion, this work is suitable for use in an advanced Genetics course and as a professional reference.

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List price: $159.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/3/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 389
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.49" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 2.816
Language: English

Michael Lynchis professor in the Science & Technology Studies Department at Cornell University.Simon Coleis the author ofSuspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification.Ruth McNallyis a senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics at Lancaster University.Kathleen Jordanhas a Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University and is currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design.




The origin of eukaryotes



Genome size and organismal complexity



The human genome



Why population size matters



Three keys to chromosomal integrity



The nucleotide-composition landscape



Mobile genetic elements



Genomic expansion by gene duplication



Genes in pieces



Transcription production



Expansion and contraction of organelle genomes



Sex chromosome



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