Davis, Rowland H.

The microbial models of molecular biology from genes to genomes / [electronic resource] : Rowland H. Davis. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - xiv, 337 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322) and indexes.

Model systems, model organisms -- Morgan's progeny -- Neurospora -- Aspergillus -- Yeast -- Leaving the fungi -- Escherichia coli -- The T bacteriophages -- Temperate phages and transduction -- DNA -- Prokaryotes take center stage -- Prokaryotes : later contributions -- Cytoplasmic inheritance : the ciliates -- Organelle genetics : yeast and chlamydomonas -- Yeast becomes a supermodel -- The filamentous fungi : eclipse and renewal -- The role of biochemistry -- Genomics -- The age of model organisms.


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Molecular biology--History.
Molecular genetics--History.
Microbial genomes--History.
Molecular microbiology--History.


Electronic books.

QH506 / .D395 2003eb

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