Mutations in Man

G. Obe (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 332 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-69532-2 (ISBN)

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This year we remember the 39th anniversary of the atomic bomb explo sions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to the exposure of thou sands of people to high doses of ionizing radiations. Nearly 18 years earlier, on the 15th of September, 1927, H. J. Muller presented his paper The Problem of Genic Modification at the Fifth International Congress of Genetics in Berlin, in which he brilliantly demonstrated the muta genic activity of X-rays. In 1928, K. H. Bauer formulated his mutation theory of the origin of cancer, and already in 1914, Th. Boveri speculat ed that tumor cells originate from an abnormal chromosomal comple ment. In the meantime we have learned that also nonionizing radiation and an immense number of environmental chemicals, both, man-made and naturally occurring, are mutagenic in a variety of test systems, in cluding human cells. In no case has it been shown unequivocally that physical or chemical mutagens have led to an elevation of the mutation rate in the germ cells of man, but in view of the huge body of experi mental data this seems to be a problem of detection. It can be expect ed that germ cell mutations are induced as a consequence of exposure to mutagens in man, as yet undetectable with the methods at hand. An uncontrolled addition of mutations to the human gene pool may well have unforeseen and catastrophic consequences in future genera tions for whom we should feel responsible.

Problems and Perspectives in Genetic Toxicology.- DNA Adducts and Their Biological Relevance.- DNA Repair.- Structure and Organisation of the Human Genome.- Gene or Point Mutations.- Frequency and Origin of Chromosome Abnormalities in Man.- Aspects of Nondisjunction.- Origin and Significance of Chromosomal Alterations.- Human Peripheral Lymphocytes in Mutation Research.- Chromosomal Aberrations in Lymphocytes of Patients Under Chemotherapy.- Mutagenic Activity of Cigarette Smoke.- Spermatogenesis in Smokers and Non-Smokers: An Andrological and Genetic Study.- Methods to Estimate the Genetic Risk.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.2011
Zusatzinfo	X, 332 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
Schlagworte	Cancer • Cell • Chromosom • chromosome • Gene • Genetics • mutagen • Mutation • Tumor • Umweltbelastung
ISBN-10	3-642-69532-9 / 3642695329
ISBN-13	978-3-642-69532-2 / 9783642695322
Zustand	Neuware