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Cell Organelles (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Cell Organelles (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Series: Plant Gene Research
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The compartmentation of genetic information is a fundamental
feature of the eukaryotic cell. The metabolic capacity of a
eukaryotic (plant) cell and the steps leading to it are
overwhelmingly an endeavour of a joint genetic cooperation between
nucleus/cytosol, plastids, and mitochondria. Alter ation of the
genetic material in anyone of these compartments or exchange of
organelles between species can seriously affect harmoniously
balanced growth of an organism. Although the biological
significance of this genetic design has been vividly evident since
the discovery of non-Mendelian inheritance by Baur and Correns at
the beginning of this century, and became indisputable in principle
after Renner's work on interspecific nuclear/plastid hybrids
(summarized in his classical article in 1934), studies on the
genetics of organelles have long suffered from the lack of
respectabil ity. Non-Mendelian inheritance was considered a
research sideline ifnot a freak by most geneticists, which becomes
evident when one consults common textbooks. For instance, these
have usually impeccable accounts of photosynthetic and respiratory
energy conversion in chloroplasts and mitochondria, of metabolism
and global circulation of the biological key elements C, N, and S,
as well as of the organization, maintenance, and function of
nuclear genetic information. In contrast, the heredity and
molecular biology of organelles are generally treated as an
adjunct, and neither goes as far as to describe the impact of the
integrated genetic system."
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