Fly Pushing The Theory and Practice of Drosophila Genetics

The practicalities of "fly pushing"--an affectionate term for doing genetic experiments and crosses with Drosophila--is presented here for those who want to use fly genetics in their work, but have heretofore been unable to gain access to the "large folklore of classical genetic tools lurking somewhere in the fly field" (from the introduction). The practicalities of making crosses, isolating variants, mapping genes, constructing specific genotypes, and analyzing mutations are explained, with some theory thrown in to make the techniques intelligible. Requires only an elementary (undergraduate course level) knowledge of genetics. Spiral wire bound, with a cloth cover. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR