Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes
Natural selection operates among individual organisms which differ in their genetic constitution. The degree of hereditary variability within a species is greatly enhanced by cross-fertilization. Indeed, the mechanism of sexual reproduction occurred very early in evolution, for it is seen today even...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1966, 1966
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1966 |
| Series: | Monographs on Endocrinology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Evolution of Vertebrate Sex Chromosomes and Genomes
- 1 Evidence Indicating that the X and the Y or the Z and the W were Originally an Homologous Pair of Ordinary Chromosomes
- 2 Differentiation of the Primitive Sex Elements at the Expense of the Y or W, and the Conservation of the Original X or Z
- 3 Polyphyletic Evolution of Vertebrates
- 4 Conservation of the Original X and Homology of the X-linked Genes in Placental Mammals
- 5 Conservation of the Original Z-Chromosome by Diverse Avian Species and Homology of the Z-linked Genes
- II Evolution of Dosage Compensation Mechanism for Sex-linked Genes
- 6 The Basic Difference in Constitution between the Mammalian X and the Drosophila X
- 7 The Two Different Means of Achieving Dosage Compensation for X-linked Genes Employed by Drosophila and Mammals
- 8 Various Consequences of the Dosage Compensation by X-inactivation
- 9 The Conservation of the Original X and Dosage Compensation in the Face of X-polysomy
- 10 Three Different Consequences of X-autosome Translocation
- 11 The Consequences of Y-autosome Translocation and the XO as the Normal Female of Certain Mammalian Species
- 12 Apparent Absence of Dosage Compensation for Z-linked Genes of Avian Species
- III On So-called Sex Determining Factors and the Act of Sex Determination
- 13 Elucidation of So-called Sex-determining Factors
- 14 Time and Place of Action of Sex-determining Factors in Ontogeny
- Author Index