Somatic Genome Variation

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.

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.

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