Macromutations (alleles with major phenotypic effects) have greatly simpli fied the lives of
geneticists. Wingless flies, hairless mice, and dwarf plants can all be conditioned by …

This book is intended for the senior undergraduate (Honours student) in genetics, and for
the postgraduate who wants a survey of the whole field or information on a special area …

VOL. 47, 1961 GENETICS: S. BENZER 405 if a deletion overlaps the mutation in question
and a positive result if it does not overlap. These results quickly locate a mutation within a …

The papers reproduced in this volume constitute what the editor regards as the milestones in
the development of the science of genetics. Each is prefaced by a short essay by the editor …

The Prather Lectures for the year 1965 had the purpose of celebrating the centenary of
Mendel's presentation of his Experiments on Plant Hybrids before the Brno Natural History …

Within recent years, microsatellite have become one of the most powerful genetic markers in
biology. For several mammalian species, microsatellite mutation rates have been estimated …

T HAS been assumed, more or less as a matter of course, that the hereditary I unit in the
chromosome which is not broken by crossing over-that is, the gene-also functions as a …

Publisher Summary The evolutionary process depends initially on a mechanism capable of
providing a pool of heritable variations that constitutes the raw materials upon which the …

This chapter presents (1) a list of the named mutant genes of the mouse,(2) a summary of
information about known linkages, and (3) a discussion of certain kinds of stocks useful for …

Three general conditions prescribe the analysis of mutation. As the sum of all ways fidelity
fails, mutation is more diverse and unpredictable than the processes it perturbs. Being …