A new edition of the classic handbook that has become a standard in the Drosophila field. The book is expanded to include topics in which classical genetic strategies have been augmented with new molecular tools. Included are such new techniques as homologous recombination, RNAi, new mapping techniques, and new mosaic marking techniques.
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OVER THE PAST CENTURY, FLY GENETICS HAS BEEN developed to a high art. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
haploinsufficient locus, mitotic clones, compound chromosomes, mutagenized chromosomes, male recombination, transposase activity, mitotic recombination event, balancer chromosome, meiotic mapping, fly genetics, marker mutation, third chromosome, made homozygous, second chromosome, mating schemes, recombinant chromosomes, donor sequence, conditional alleles, fly genome, dominant markers, hybrid dysgenesis, genetic mosaics, new lethal, females heterozygous, mosaic analysis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Analysis of Mutations, Characteristics of the Allele, Synthesizing Specific Genotypes, The Basics of Doing New!
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OVER THE PAST CENTURY, FLY GENETICS HAS BEEN developed to a high art. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
haploinsufficient locus, mitotic clones, compound chromosomes, mutagenized chromosomes, male recombination, transposase activity, mitotic recombination event, balancer chromosome, meiotic mapping, fly genetics, marker mutation, third chromosome, made homozygous, second chromosome, mating schemes, recombinant chromosomes, donor sequence, conditional alleles, fly genome, dominant markers, hybrid dysgenesis, genetic mosaics, new lethal, females heterozygous, mosaic analysis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Analysis of Mutations, Characteristics of the Allele, Synthesizing Specific Genotypes, The Basics of Doing New!
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- Drosophila Protocols by William Sullivan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare on page 148
- Neurons: Methods and Applications for the Cell Biologist, Volume 71 (Methods in Cell Biology) by Peter J. Hollenbeck on page 189, and page 231
- Neurons: Methods and Applications for the Cell Biologist, Volume 71 (Methods in Cell Biology) by Peter J. Hollenbeck on page 196, and page 246
- Cell Migration: Developmental Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Jun-Lin Guan on page 199
- Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by Jonathan Weiner in Back Matter
- Fundamental Genetics by John Ringo on page 348
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