The microbial models of molecular biology : from genes to genomes / Rowland H. Davis.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

xiv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Model systems, model organisms -- Morgan's progeny -- Neurospora -- Aspergillus -- Yeast -- Leaving the fungi -- Escherichia coli -- The T bacteriophages -- Temperate phages and transduction -- DNA -- Prokaryotes take center stage -- Prokaryotes : later contributions -- Cytoplasmic inheritance : the ciliates -- Organelle genetics : yeast and chlamydomonas -- Yeast becomes a supermodel -- The filamentous fungi : eclipse and renewal -- The role of biochemistry -- Genomics -- The age of model organisms.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322) and indexes.