Genes, Development and Cancer

Genes.- Star-Recessive, a Spontaneous Mutation in Drosophila Melanogaster.- Another Case of Unequal Crossing Over in Drosophila Melanogaster.- The Relation of Repeats to Position Effect in Drosophila Melanogaster.- The pseudoallelism of white and apricot in Drosophila melanogaster.- Pseudoallelism and Gene Evolution.- The Theory and Application of a New Method of Detecting Chromosomal Rearrangements in Drosophila Melanogaster.- Some Aspects of Position Pseudoallelism.- Genes and Gene Complexes.- Genes and Development.- Genes and Developmental Pathways.- A Gene Complex Controlling Segmentation in Drosophila.- Genetic Control of Body Segment Differentiation in Drosophila.- Control of Body Segment Differentiation in Drosophila by the Bithorax Gene Complex.- Regulation of the Genes of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila.- Molecules and Development.- Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila Melanogaster.- The Abdominal Region of the Bithorax Complex.- Transabdominal, A Dominant Mutant of the Bithorax Complex, Produces a Sexually Dimorphic Segmental Transformation in Drosophila.- Molecular Basis of Transabdominal-A Sexually Dimorphic Mutant of the Bithorax Complex of Drosophila.- Sequence Analysis of the Cis-Regulatory Regions of the Bithorax Complex of Drosophila.- Splits in Fruitfly Hox Gene Complexes.- Evolution of the Homeobox Complex in the Diptera.- Radiation and Cancer.- Leukemia and Ionizing Radiation.- Thyroid radiation doses from fallout.- Leukemia, multiple myeloma, and aplastic anemia in american radiologists.- Ionizing Radiation and Tumor Production.- Leukemia, Radiation, and Hyperthyroidism.- Analysis of Lung Tumor Mortality in the Battelle Beagle Lifespan Experiment.- Ionizing Radiation, Cancer Induction, and Radioactive Fallout.- Historical perspectives.- Homeosis: the first 100 years.- Remembering Sturtevant.- C. B. Bridges' Repeat Hypothesis and the Nature of the Gene.- Did Demerec Discover Intragenic Recombination in 1928?.- The Bithorax

"A great book that is of interest to many geneticists, developmental biologists, and historians of science." (Prof. Matthew P. Scott - Stanford University)