Meiosis

Superbly illustrated textbook on meiosis, a key cellular and developmental pathway in the life of an organism.

Bernard John (Author)

9780521017527, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 July 2005

412 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.621 kg

"...this treatise by B. John is a significant review of meiotic systems, and cell biologists, geneticists, systematists, and evolutionists will find it a very useful reference." R.C. Jackson, Plant Genetics Newsletter

Meiosis, the antithesis of fertilization, is the unique genetically programmed mode of nuclear division associated with a halving of the chromosome number in sexually reproducing eukaryotes. It thus represents a key cellular and developmental pathway in the life of an organism. In this book, Bernard John presents the first complete, and the most authoritative, review of the events and mechanisms of meiosis including their scheduling, their mechanics and their biochemistry as well as their genetic control and the variations to be found in them in both sexual and subsexual systems. The text is superbly illustrated with 131 figures and 73 tables. Meiosis must be regarded as essential reading for all students, teachers and research workers with an interest in eukaryotic cell biology and genetics.

Prologue
1. Introduction - multiplication and division
2. Modes of meiosis
3. Occurrence and timing of meiosis
4. Events and mechanisms of meiosis
5. Chromosome disjunction
6. The genetic control of meiosis
7. Sequences and consequences of meiosis
Postlogue
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Developmental biology [PSC]