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Genetic Recombination - Reviews and Protocols (Hardcover, 2004 ed.) Loot Price: R2,903
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Genetic Recombination - Reviews and Protocols (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): Alan S. Waldman

Genetic Recombination - Reviews and Protocols (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

Alan S. Waldman

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology, 262

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Genetic recombination, in the broadest sense, can be defined as any process in which DNA sequences interact and undergo a transfer of information, producing new "recombinant" sequences that contain information from each of the original molecules. All organisms have the ability to carry out recombination, and this striking universality speaks to the essential role recombination plays in a variety of biological processes fundamentally important to the maintenance of life. Such processes include DNA repair, regulation of gene expression, disease etiology, meiotic chromosome segregation, and evolution. One important aspect of recombination is that it typically occurs only between sequences that display a high degree of sequence identity. The stringent requirement for homology helps to ensure that, under normal circumstances, a cell is protected from deleterious rearrangements since a swap of genetic information between two nearly identical sequences is not expected to dramatically alter a genome. Recombination between dissimilar sequences, which does happen on occasion, may have such harmful consequences as chromosomal translocations, deletions, or inversions. For many organisms, it is also important that recombination rates are not too high lest the genome become destabilized. Curiously, certain organisms, such as the trypanosome parasite, actually use a high rate of recombination at a particular locus in order to switch antigen expression continually and evade the host immune system effectively.

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Imprint: HumanaPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology, 262
Release date: 2004
First published: 2004
Editors: Alan S. Waldman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Edition: 2004 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58829-236-0
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > DNA
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LSN: 1-58829-236-3
Barcode: 9781588292360

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