Meet the editors

Mahmut Çalışkan is a professor of genetics and molecular biology in the Department of Biology at Istanbul University in Turkey. He obtained his first degree, BSc, from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara and attended the University of Leeds, Department of Genetics, England for his PhD. His main research areas include the role of germin gene products during early plant development and the characterization and biotechnological use of halophilic archaea.

Osman Erol was born in 1974. After completing his BSc degree from the Istanbul University, he received his MSc degree in 1999 and his PhD in 2004. His specialty is the Iridaceae family, Ixioideae subfamily. He is currently working on saffron and its relatives. Osman Erol is an associate professor at Istanbul University Science Faculty.

Gül Cevahir Öz is a professor in the Department of Biology at Istanbul University. She received her PhD in plant physiology from Istanbul University in 1997. Her present interests include starch synthesis, especially the mechanism of ADP-glucose phyrophosphorylase, the role of hormones in plant development, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of plant tolerance to abiotic stress, and plant biotechnology.

Contents

Genetic Polymorphisms

*by Ewa Dudzińska*

*and Abdulrahman Al-Asmari*

and Breeding

and Enhanced Cardiovascular Risk *by Muhammad Tarek Abdel Ghafar*

*by Dhafer A.F. Al-Koofee and Shaden M.H. Mubarak*

Aldosterone Synthase Gene (*CYP11B2*) Polymorphisms

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Role of Genetic Polymorphisms in the Occupational Exposure

The Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor Type 22 (PTPN22) Gene Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Autoimmune Diseases

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Plant Genetics

*by Hande Morgil, Yusuf Can Gercek and Isil Tulum*

*by Pieranna Chiarella, Pasquale Capone and Renata Sisto*

*by Ghaleb Bin Huraib, Fahad Al Harthi, Misbahul Arfin* 

Genetic Polymorphism and Alcohol Metabolism *by Subodh Kumar Jain, Sapna Sedha and Meeta Mishra*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 81**

**Chapter 7 123**
