Genes, Development and Cancer: The Life and Work of Edward B. Lewis

Front Matter....Pages i-xlvi
Front Matter....Pages 26-43
Star-Recessive, a Spontaneous Mutation in Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 45-48
Another Case of Unequal Crossing Over in Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 49-53
The Relation of Repeats to Position Effect in Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 55-84
The pseudoallelism of white and apricot in Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 85-92
Pseudoallelism and Gene Evolution....Pages 93-115
The Theory and Application of a New Method of Detecting Chromosomal Rearrangements in Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 117-131
Some Aspects of Position Pseudoallelism....Pages 133-149
Genes and Gene Complexes....Pages 151-176
Front Matter....Pages 178-198
Genes and Developmental Pathways....Pages 199-228
A Gene Complex Controlling Segmentation in Drosophila ....Pages 229-242
Genetic Control of Body Segment Differentiation in Drosophila....Pages 243-261
Control of Body Segment Differentiation in Drosophila by the Bithorax Gene Complex....Pages 263-278
Regulation of the Genes of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila ....Pages 279-296
Front Matter....Pages 298-310
Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 311-326
The Abdominal Region of the Bithorax Complex....Pages 327-357
 Transabdominal , A Dominant Mutant of the Bithorax Complex, Produces a Sexually Dimorphic Segmental Transformation in Drosophila ....Pages 359-381
Molecular Basis of Transabdominal—A Sexually Dimorphic Mutant of the Bithorax Complex of Drosophila ....Pages 383-391
Sequence Analysis of the Cis -Regulatory Regions of the Bithorax Complex of Drosophila ....Pages 393-402
Splits in Fruitfly Hox Gene Complexes....Pages 403-405
Evolution of the Homeobox Complex in the Diptera....Pages 407-411
Front Matter....Pages 414-431
Leukemia and Ionizing Radiation....Pages 433-451
Thyroid radiation doses from fallout....Pages 453-457
Leukemia, multiple myeloma, and aplastic anemia in american radiologists....Pages 459-466
Ionizing Radiation and Tumor Production....Pages 467-480
Leukemia, Radiation, and Hyperthyroidism....Pages 481-482
Analysis of Lung Tumor Mortality in the Battelle Beagle Lifespan Experiment....Pages 483-493
Ionizing Radiation, Cancer Induction, and Radioactive Fallout....Pages 495-502
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Homeosis: the first 100 years....Pages 505-510
Remembering Sturtevant....Pages 511-516
C. B. Bridges\' Repeat Hypothesis and the Nature of the Gene....Pages 517-525
Did Demerec Discover Intragenic Recombination in 1928?....Pages 527-530
The Bithorax Complex: The First Fifty Years....Pages 539-563
Back Matter....Pages 565-597