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Essential Fungal Genetics
Moore, David, Novak Frazer, LilyAnn
Springer
2002
Hardcover XI, 357 pp, 52 illus ISBN 0387953671
£81.00
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Most genetics textbooks deal adequately with plant and animal genetics, but tend to
neglect fungi except for two areas. Firstly, the ascus segregations which, in the 1960s,
contributed so much to developing an understanding of the mechanism of recombination
and secondly, the contribution that work on yeast (as a model eukaryote) is currently
making to understanding cell cycle control and its genetic regulation. Consequently, most
introductory genetics texts will leave the reader/student with the impression that fungi are
of use when peculiarities of their structure or life style suit them to particular experimental
approaches, but are not worth mentioning otherwise. The authors have produced a book
that will compensate for this imbalance. This book discusses the genetics of fungi in a way
that is attractive and challenging, succinct yet comprehensive, sensitive to commercial and
applied aspects, yet also theoretical, dealing with their genetics from molecules to individuals
to population. This short text will be an ideal supplement to the established basic textbooks
in genetics or can be used as the sole text for an advanced course devoted to fungal genetics.
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