Open AccessNew directions in genetics utilizing tissue culture techniques 1
Author(s) -
NICHOLS WARREN W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1971.tb02353.x
Subject(s) - biology , mendelian inheritance , variety (cybernetics) , genetics , tissue culture , evolutionary biology , computational biology , gene , artificial intelligence , computer science , in vitro
Tissue culture had its origins as a practical science at approximately the time when the Mendelian principles were being rediscovered. During the 1940's, the introduction of antibiotics and the development of media permitted rapid advances in tissue culture techniques. These in turn provided the means during the 1960's for tissue culture to bring several disciplines to bear on genetic problems. Answers have been found, or are starting to emerge, in a variety of genetic areas including cytogenetics, gene localization and mapping, mutagenesis, and malignancy, by utilizing the disciplines of virology, molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics. The discussion of several of these current advances serves as an introduction to the expectations of the next several years.