Somatic Genome Variation in Animals, Plants, and Microorganisms

Written by an international team of experts, Somatic Genome Variation presents a timely summary of the latest understanding of somatic genome development and variation in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Wide-ranging in coverage, the authors provide an updated view of somatic genomes and genetic theories while also offering interpretations of somatic genome variation. The text provides geneticists, bioinformaticians, biologist, plant scientists, crop scientists, and microbiologists with a valuable overview of this fascinating field of research.

About the Editor
Xiu-Qing Li, Doctorat d'État en Sciences (France), is a senior level Research Scientist of Molecular Genetics at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Government of Canada). Dr. Li is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick and serves as an editor on PloS ONE, Genetics and Epigeneitcs, and the Potato Journal.

Section I: Develomentally Induced Somatic Genome Variation in Animals including HumanChapter 1. Endoreplication, Endomitosis, Polyploidization and Haploidization-Norman Zielke, UNCChapter 2: Developmental Rearrangement of Bird and Fish Genomes-Jeremiah Smith, University of KentuckyChapter 3: Somatic Diversification of Immnoglobin Genes in Animals-AM Zimmerman, College of CharlestonChapter 4: Aging and Diseases Related to Somatic DNA Mutations-TBDChapter 5: Stem Cell Genome Variation-Silvia Garagna, Universita degli Studi di PaviaSection II: Developmentally Induced Somatic Variation in PlantsChapter 6: Telomere Variation-Maria Gallego, Clermont UniversiteChapter 7: Extrachromosomal Circular DNA Molecules-TBDChapter 8: Developmentally Induced Aneuploidy in Plants-Xiu-Qing Li, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, University of New BrunswickChapter 9: Aged-seed Seedlings and Long-Term Cultured Plant Cells-Antonio Fluminhan, Jr., Universidade do Oeste PaulistaChapter 10: Genetic Variation Associated with Reproduction Means-Xiu-Qing Li, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, University of New BrunswickChapter 11: Timing of Chromosomal and DNA Elimination in Hybrids-Khalil Kashkush, Ben Gurion UniversityChapter 12: Somatic Variation of Plastid DNA Transferred to the Nucleus-Jeremy Timmis, University of AdelaideChapter 13: Copy Number Variation of Organelle Geneomes and Genes-Xiu-Qing Li, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, University of New BrunswickChapter 14: Plastid Genome Variation/Stability-Normand Brisson, Universite de MontrealChapter 15: Mitochondrial Genome and Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-G. G. Brown, McGill University and F. Budar, INRASection III: Developmentally Induced Somatic Genome Variatoin in Microorganisms and ProtistsChapter 16: Yeast Somatic Genome Variation-Adrianna Skoneczna, Polish Academy of ScienceChapter 17: RNA-mediated Somatic Gneome Rearrangements in Ciliates-TBDSection IV: Environmentally Induced Somatic Genome VariationChapter 18: Mechanisms of Induced Inheritable Genome Variation in Flax-C. A. Cullis, Case Western Reserve UniversityChapter 19: Environmentally Induced Genome Instability and Their Inheritance-A. Golubov, University of Lethbridge and I. Kovalchuk, University of LethbridgeSection V: Interpretation of Somatic Genome VariationChapter 20: Generation Cycle, Somatic Genome Variation and Evolutionary Selection-Xiu-Qing Li, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, University of New Brunswick