Table of Contents

1. Comparative genomics: An introduction: sequencing projects and model organisms..- 2. Drosophila melanogaster: A genetic tool.- 3. Tunicates: Models for chordate evolution and development at low genomic complexity..- 4. Fugu rubripes: A fish model genome.- 5. The mouse and the genomic era.- 6. Quantitative Trait Loci in domestic animals — Complex inheritance patterns..- 7. Comparative genomics of vertebrates and the evolution of sex chromosomes..- 8. Insights into mammalian genome organization evolution by molecular cytogenetics..

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