Michael Ashburner - Miscellaneous Publications and Book Reviews
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Miscellaneous papers
- M. J. Wells, N. Freeman and M. Ashburner. 1965. Some experiments on the chemotacticle sense of octopuses. J. Exp. Biology 43: 553-563.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/43/3/553 - M. Ashburner. 1971. Prototypic Organisms - V. Drosophila. Theoria to Theory 5(3): 53-66.
- M.J. Whitten, M. Ashburner, J. Hirsch and F.C. Kafatos, 1985. Report of Consultants’ Meeting on the Applications of Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology in the Development of Genetic Sexing Mechanisms for the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.). Joint FAO/IAEA Division, IAEA, Vienna, 18 pp.
- M. Ashburner. 1990. A small fly at the forefront of biology. Biofutur No. 94: 58-60.
- M. Ashburner. 1992. Frosted flies. Science 258: 1896-1897.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/sci;258/5090/1896
doi:10.1126/science.1470912 - M. Ashburner. 1993. Epilogue. In: The Development of Drosophila melanogaster. Edited by M. Bate and A. Martinez-Arias. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York. pp. 1493-1506.
- M. Ashburner. 1994. Drosophila. Encyclopaedia of Molecular Biology, Blackwells, Oxford. pp. 298-300.
- M. Ashburner. 1995. Medfly transformed – Official! Science 270: 1941-1942 (Perspective).
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/sci;270/5244/1941
doi:10.1126/science.270.5244.1941 - L. Andersson, A. Archibald, M. Ashburner and 52 other authors. 1996. Comparative Genome Organization of Vertebrates. The First International Workshop on Comparative Genome Organization. Mammalian Genome 7: 717-734.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g2j38bj7pn1pqwed/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=14
doi: 10.1007/s003359900222 - M. Ashburner, M.A. Hoy and J. Peloquin. 1998. Prospects for the genetic transformation of arthropods. Insect Molecular Biology 7: 201-213.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.00084.x - J. Handelsam, J. Tiedje, L. Alvarez-Cohen, M. Ashburner, I.O. Cann, E.F. DeLong, W.F. Doolittle, C.M. Fraser-Liggett, A. Godzik, J.I. Gordon, M. Riley and M.B. Schmid [Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications]. 2007. The New Science of Metagenomics. Revealing the Secrets of our Microbial Universe. Report, National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academies Press, Washington, DC. xii + 159 pages.
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/metagenomics_final.pdf
Book reviews
- M. Ashburner. 1971. Review of "Molecules of Life" by G. Nass. Heredity 26: 151-152.
http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v26/n1/full/hdy197119a.html
doi:10.1038/hdy.1971.19 - M. Ashburner. 1976. Review of "The Control of Gene Expression in Animal Development" by J. Gurdon. Heredity 36: 424-426.
http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v36/n3/full/hdy197651a.html
doi:10.1038/hdy.1976.51 - M. Ashburner. 1978. Review of "The Juvenile Hormones" Edited by L. Gilbert. Molec. Cell Endocrinology 10: 116-118.
doi:10.1016/0303-7207(78)90065-5 - M. Ashburner. 1980. Review of "Progress in Ecdysone Research" Edited by J. Hoffmann. Molec. Cell Endocrinology 20: 205-207
doi:10.1016/0303-7207(80)90082-9 - M. Ashburner. 1982. Not Quite Wilson. Reviews of "Cytogenetics" by C. Swanson T. Merz and W. J. Young and "Cytogenetics" by J. Schulz-Shaeffer. Nature 295: 477.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v295/n5849/pdf/295477a0.pdf
doi:10.1038/295477a0 - M. Ashburner. 1982. Flies in the Lab. Review of "Handbook of Drosophila Development" Edited by R. Ransom. Nature 300: 387-388
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v300/n5890/pdf/300387b0.pdf
doi:10.1038/300387b0 - M. Ashburner. 1984. Chromosome Cookery. Review of "Working with Animal Chromosomes" by H. MacGregor and J. Varley. Nature 308: 299-300.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v308/n5956/pdf/308299b0.pdf
doi:10.1038/308299b0 - M. Ashburner. 1984. Chromosomes in Wonderland. Review of "Molecular Evolution and Organization of the Chromosome" by A. Lima-de-Faria. Bioessays 1: 139-140.
- M. Ashburner. 1984. Designer Genes. Review of "Genetics and Development" by J. H. Sang. Times Higher Education Supplement 626: 22.
- M. Ashburner. 1984. Review of "Molecular aspects of Early Development" edited by G. M. Malacinski and W. H. Klein. Heredity 53: 723.
http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v53/n3/full/hdy1984131a.html
doi:10.1038/hdy.1986.147 - M. Ashburner. 1985. Review of "The Inconstant Gene" by L. S. Dillon. The Biologist.
- M. Ashburner. 1985. Ultrastructuralism. Review of "Insect Ultrastructure" edited by R. C. King and H. Akai. Nature 314: 650.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v314/n6012/pdf/314650a0.pdf
doi:10.1038/314650a0 - M. Ashburner. 1985. Review of "Changes in Eukaryotic gene expression in response to environmental stress" Edited by B. Atkinson and D. Walden. FEBS Letters 194: 191-192.
doi:10.1016/0014-5793(86)80077-1 - M. Ashburner. 1986. Review of "Genome Multiplication in Growth and Development" by V. Ya. Brodsky and I. V. Uryvaeva. Heredity 57: 429-430.
http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v57/n3/full/hdy1986147a.html
doi:10.1038/hdy.1986.147 - M. Ashburner. 1987. Technology for the drosophilist. Review of "Drosophila: A Practical Approach" Edited by D. B. Roberts. Nature 325: 117.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v325/n6100/pdf/325116a0.pdf
doi:10.1038/325116a0 - M. Ashburner. 1987. The fuzzy side of cytology. "Review of Lampbrush Chromosomes" by H. G. Callan. Nature 327: 379.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v327/n6121/pdf/327379a0.pdf
doi:10.1038/327379a0 - M. Ashburner. 1989. Review of "Polytene Chromosomes in Genetic Research" by V. Sorsa. BioScience 40: 308-309.
- M. Ashburner , 1990. The h-word in cytogenetics: Still a controversial subject. Review of R.S. Verma (Editor) "Heterochromatin. Molecular and Structural Aspects.: BioEssays 12: 100-101.
doi:10.1002/bies.950120211 - M. Ashburner. 1990. Review of "Mobile DNA" edited by D. Berg and M. Howe. Trends in Genetics 6: 133-134.
doi:10.1016/0168-9525(90)90130-X - M. Ashburner. 1990. A shift from soft to hard genetics. Review of "Genes and Embryos" edited by D. G. Glover and B. D. Hames. Times Higher Education Supplement May 18 1990: 22
- M. Ashburner. 1990. Review of "Gene Regulation: A Eukaryotic Perspective" by D. S. Latchman. Times Higher Education Supplement 945: 19.
- M. Ashburner. 1993. Walking down Bungtown Road. Review of "Houses for Science. A Pictorial History of Cold Spring Harbor" by E. Watson. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 18: 269-270.
doi:10.1016/0968-0004(93)90180-U - M. Ashburner. 1995. Review of "Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life" by Robert E Kohler. Trends in Genetics 11: 33-34.
doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(00)88986-6
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