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Chapter 17: Altering the Genetic Message


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Chapter 17: Altering the Genetic Message

p. 334: mutation, recombination

p. 336: germ-line cells, somatic cells, somatic mutations, point mutations, mutagens, transposition, chromosomal rearrangement

p. 337: free radical, ionizing radiation, double-strand break, pyrimidine dimer, xeroderma pigmentosum

p. 338: isomers, slipped mispairing, deletion. frameshift mutations

p. 339: translocations, inversions, aneuploidy, polyploidy, transposons, insertion inactivation

p. 340: tumor, metastasis

p. 341: sarcomas, carcinomas, carcinogens, mutagens, chemical carcinognesis theory

p. 344: Rous avian sarcoma (RSV), retrovirus, oncogene, tryosine kinases, epidermal growth factor

p. 345: transfection, telomere cycle, proto-oncogenes

p. 346: tumor-suppressor genes

p. 353: genetic recombination, gene transfer, reciprocal recombination, chromosomal assortment p. 354: plasmids, transposons, reciprocal exchange, recognition site

p. 355: pilus, conjugation bridge, rolling-circle replication, conjugation

p. 356: transposase, insertion inactivation, gene mobilization, resistance transfer factors

p. 357: unequal crossing over, mismatch pairs, gene conversion

p. 358: nucleotide repeats, fragile X syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy

p. 360: tandem clusters, nucleolar organizer regions, multigene families

p. 361: satellite DNA, pseudogenes, dispersed pseudogenes, single-copy genes

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