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The microbial models of molecular biology : from genes to genomes /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Rowland H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University PressNew York, 2003.
Subjects:
Genetics, Microbial > history.
Models, Biological.
Molecular Biology > history.
History of Medicine, 20th Century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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