Front Cover; Advances in Genetics, Volume 25; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Transferrin: Evolution and Genetic Regulation of Expression; I. Introduction; II. Properties of Human Transferrin; III. Evolution of the Transferrin Gene; IV. Expression of TF Gene; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Drosophila Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene-Enzyme System; I. Introduction; II. Classical Genetics of Adh; III. Molecular Genetics of Adh; IV. Developmental Genetics of Adh; V. Quantitative Genetics of Adh; VI. The Adh Gene Product: Drosophila Alcohol Dehydrogenase.

VII. Ecological Genetics of AdhVIII. Evolutionary Genetics of Adh; IX. Population Genetics of Adh; X. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Genetics Research on Braconid Wasps; I. Introduction; II. Developmental Aspects; III. Experiments with Adults; IV. Experiments with Radiations; V. Experiments with Chemical Agents; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Note Added in Proof; Chapter 4. The Variable Mitochondrial Genome of Ascomycetes: Organization, Mutational Alterations, and Expression; I. Introduction; II. Mitochondrial Genome Organization; III. Mitochondrial Gene Organization.

IV. Organization and Replication of Mitochondrial ChromosomesV. Transcription: Initiation, Transcript Processing, and Termination; VI. Rearrangements of the Mitochondrial Genome; VII. Concluding Remarks; References; Index.