Post-Genome Biology of Primates

Book Overview

Preface

Ajit Varki

1. "Introduction"

Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, and Hirohisa Hirai

I. Post-Genomic Approaches toward Phenotype

2. Naoki Osada

"An overview of transcriptome studies in nonhuman primates"

3. Mehmet Somel, Lin Tang, and Philipp Khaitovich

"The role of neoteny in human evolution: from genes to the phenotype"

4. Yoshihito Niimura

"Evolution of chemosensory receptor genes in primates and other mammals"

5. Kaylin A. Adipietro, Hiroaki Matsunami, and Hanyi Zhuang

"Functional evolution of primate odorant receptors"

6. Tohru Sugawara and Hiroo Imai

"Post genome biology of primates focusing on taste perception"

7. Shoji Kawamura, Chihiro Hiramatsu, Amanda D. Melin, Linda M. Fedigan, Filippo Aureli, and Colleen M. Schaffner

"Polymorphic color vision in primates: evolutionary considerations"

II. Genome Structure and its Applications

8. Toshiyuki Hayakawa and Ajit Varki

"Human-specific changes in sialic acid biology"

9. Hiroki Oota and Kenneth K. Kidd

"Duplicated gene evolution of the primate alcohol dehydrogenase family"

10. Yoko Satta

"Genome structure and primate evolution"

11. Akihiko Koga

"Contribution of DNA-based transposable elements to genome evolution: inferences drawn from behavior of an element found in fish"

12. Takashi Kitano

"Application of phylogenetic network"

III. Chromosome Genomics

13. Roscoe Stanyon, Nicoletta Archidiacono, and Mariano Rocchi

"Comparative primate molecular cytogenetics: revealing ancestral genomes, marker order and evolutionary new centromeres"

14. Stefan Mueller and Johannes Wienberg

"Chromosomal evolution of gibbons (Hylobatidae)"

15. Hirohisa Hirai

"Evolution and biological meaning of genomic wastelands (RCRO): proposal of hypothesis"

IV. Evolution of humans and Non-human Primates

16. Atsushi Matsui and Masami Hasegawa

"Molecular phylogeny and evolution in primates"

17. Masanaru Takai

"Origins and evolution of early primates"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4431547223
• ISBN13: 9784431547228
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"