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Molecular model systems in the Lepidoptera / edited by Marian R. Goldsmith, Adam S. Wilkins.

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This book presents a diverse collection of chapters on basic research at the molecular level using Lepidoptera as model systems. This volume, however, is more than just a compendium of information about insect systems in general, or the Lepidoptera in particular. Each chapter is a self-contained tre...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Goldsmith, Marian R., Wilkins, A. S. (Adam S.), 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
Lepidoptera > Molecular aspects.
Molecular biology > Methodology.
Molecular biology > Methodology
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A brief history of Lepidoptera as model systems / Judith H. Willis, Adam S. Wilkins and Marian R. Goldsmith
  • 2. Genetics of the silkworm: revisiting an ancient model system / Marian R. Goldsmith
  • 3. Mobile elements of lepidopteran genomes / Thomas H. Eickbush
  • 4. Lepidopteran phylogeny and applications to comparative studies of development / Jerome C. Regier, Timothy Friedlander, Robert F. Leclerc, Charles Mitter and Brian M. Wiegmann
  • 5. A summary of lepidopteran embryogenesis and experimental embryology / Lisa M. Nagy
  • 6. Roles of homeotic genes in the Bombyx body plan / Kohji Ueno, Toshifumi Nagata and Yoshiaki Suzuki.

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