Post-genome biology of primates
By: Hirohisa Hirai, Hiroo Imai, Yasuhiro Go, editors
Series: Primatology monographs; Primatology monographs
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9784431540106; 9784431540113
Subjects: Evolution; Primates; Genetics; Genomes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of transcriptome studies in non-human primates / Naoki Osada; title: The role of neoteny in human evolution : from genes to the phenotype / Mehmet Somel, Lin Tang, and Philipp Khaitovich; title: Evolution of chemosensory receptor genes in primates and other mammals / Yoshihito Niimura; title: Functional evolution of primate odorant receptors / Kaylin A. Adipietro, Hiroaki Matsunami, and Hanyi Zhuang; title: Post-genome biology of primates focusing on taste perception / Tohru Sugawara and Hiroo Imai; title: Polymorphic color vision in primates : evolutionary considerations / Shoji Kawamura ... [et al.]; title: Human-specific changes in sialic acid biology / Toshiyuki Hayakawa and Ajit Varki; title: Duplicated gene evolution of the primate alcohol dehydrogenase family / Hiroki Oota and Kenneth K. Kidd; title: Genome structure and primate evolution / Yoko Satta; title: Contribution of DNA-based transposable elements to genome evolution : inferences drawn from behavior of an element found in fish / Akihiko Koga; title: Application of phylogenetic network / Takashi Kitano; title: Comparative primate molecular cytogenetics : revealing ancestral genomes, marker order and evolutionary new centromeres / Roscoe Stanyon, Nicoletta Archidiacono, and Mariano Rocchi; title: Chromosomal evolution of gibbons (Hylobatidae) / Stefan Müller and Johannes Wienberg; title: Evolution and biological meaning of genomic wastelands (RCRO) : proposal of hypothesis / Hirohisa Hirai; title: Molecular phylogeny and evolution in primates / Atsushi Matsui and Masami Hasegawa; title: Origins and evolution of early primates / Masanaru Takai.