The Microbial Models of Molecular Biology : From Genes to Genomes
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This book explains the role of simple biological model systems in the growth of molecular biology. Essentially the whole history of molecular biology is presented here, tracing the work in bacteriophages in E. coli, the role of other prokaryotic systems, and also the protozoan and algal models
- Paramecium and Chlamydomonas, primarily - and the move into eukaryotes with the fungal systems - Neurospora, Aspergillus and yeast. Each model was selected for its appropriateness for asking a given class of questions, and each spawned its own community of investigators. Some individuals made the
transition to a new model over time, and remnant communities of investigators continue to pursue questions in all these models, as the cutting edge of molecular biological research flowed onward from model to model, and onward into higher organisms and, ultimately, mouse and man.
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Univ. of California, Irvine. Provides an historical account of molecular biology, focusing on the microorganisms used, how they were chosen, what they contributed, and how they were displaced by others. Examines the introduction of microbial model organisms from 1925 to present time and explores the rise of genetics and molecular biology. DNLM: Genetics, Microbial--history.
The Microbial Models of Molecular Biology: From Genes to Genomes ,Rowland H. Davis,Oxford University Press, USA,0195154363,History,Life Sciences - Biochemistry,Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology,Microbial genomes,Molecular biology,Molecular genetics,Molecular microbiology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Genetics (non-medical),Life Sciences | Molecular & Cell Biology,Science / Molecular Biology
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