Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Development of Multifunctional Plasmids for Diverse Biotechnological Applications (pp. 1-22)
Christopher D. Krause, Lara S. Izotova and Sidney Pestka (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA, and others)

Chapter 2 – Fragile X Syndrome-Associated Language Phenotypes (pp. 23-42)
Katalin Csiszar and Adam Szalontai (John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA, and others)

Chapter 3 – Study of the FMR1 Gene Structure among Women with Ovarian Dysfunction from the Basque Country (pp. 43-56)
Maitane Barasoain, Gorka Barrenetxea, Iratxe Huerta, Mercedes Télez, Eduardo Ortiz-Lastra, Javier González, Begoña Criado, Paula Jorge, Isabel Marques and Isabel Arrieta (Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, and others)

Chapter 4 – Chromatin Structure and Epigenetics (pp. 57-88)
Vichithra R. B. Liyanage, Robby M. Zachariah, Geneviève P. Delcuve, James R. Davie and Mojgan Rastegar (Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, and others)

Chapter 5 – The Evolution of Mammalian X Chromosomes and X Chromosome Inactivation (pp. 89-128)
Claudia L. Rodríguez Delgado and Janine E. Deakin (Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and others)

Chapter 6 – Modifying Effect of Smoking on the Association between SLE and the Genetic Polymorphisms Involved in ROS Production (pp. 129-152)
Chikako Kiyohara, Masakazu Washio and Takahiko Horiuchi (Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, and others)

Chapter 7 – Therapeutic Approaches to Fragile X Syndrome (pp. 153-182)
Patricio Barros-Núñez, Mónica Alejandra Rosales-Reynoso, and Clara Ibet Juárez-Vázquez (Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)

Chapter 8 – Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of Wild Specie Teosinte (Zea nicaraguense, Iltis and Benz) within Genera Zea (pp. 183-210)
Loáisiga Caballero Carlos Henry, Benavides Gonzales Alvaro Nicolas, Ellneskog-Staam Pernilla, Geleta Mulatu, Björn Salomon, Merker Arnulf, Rocha Oscar and Brantestam Agnese (Department of Crop Production, National Agrarian University, Nicaragua, and others)

Index