Primate Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics
Primate Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics

Author: Luca Sineo

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788855188111

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This volume is a collection of contributions of a Florentine post congress symposium on "Primate Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics" held on occasion of the XX International Primatological Congress (Turin in 2004). Comparative Molecular Cytogenetics and Genomics are two rapidly expanding fields. Researchers from Italy, Germany, Spain, United States and Japan meet in Florence to discuss over a two day period recent advances and summarize the current state of the science.

Primate Cytogenetics
Primate Cytogenetics

Author: Stefan Müller

Publisher: S Karger Ag

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 9783805578608

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Primate molecular genetics, cytogenetics and genomics currently form a highly dynamic field of research. This has not occurred simply because of advances in technology. It is largely a consequence of the key insight that many aspects of human genome functioning can be better understood when knowledge about the conservation of, and changes in, genome organization during the course of evolution is integrated. Studies of our closest phylogenomic relatives, the nonhuman primates, can provide detailed information on the molecular mechanisms that shape the human genome. Consequently the chimpanzee genome project put forth the first chimpanzee draft sequence and its alignment with the human reference sequence in December 2003. Including review articles and original investigations, this Cytogenetic and Genome Research single topic issue bundles various different perspectives and provides a broad overview of the present knowledge about molecular cytogenetics, genome organization and evolution of primates. It will be of great interest to researchers and geneticists in the fields of primatology, anthropology, molecular phylogeny, evolution, human genetics and genome research.

Post-Genome Biology of Primates
Post-Genome Biology of Primates

Author: Hirohisa Hirai

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 4431540113

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In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome were published. Since then, genomes of many other organisms have been sequenced, including several primate species: the chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, baboon, marmoset, tarsier, galago, lemur, and more recently Neanderthals. In a new era of "post-genome biology", scientists now have the vast amount of information revealed by genome research to confront one of the most challenging, fundamental questions in primatology and anthropology: What makes us human? This volume comprises a collection of articles on a variety of topics relevant to primate genomes, including evolution, human origins, genome structure, chromosome genomics, and bioinformatics. The book covers the cutting-edge research in molecular primatology and provides great insights into the functional diversity of primates. This valuable collection will benefit researchers and students, including primatologists, anthropologists, molecular biologists, evolutionary biologists, and animal behaviorists.

Evolutionary Dynamics of Mammalian Karyotypes
Evolutionary Dynamics of Mammalian Karyotypes

Author: Roscoe Stanyon

Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783318022544

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Summarizing the karyological and molecular cytogenetic data on mammals This publication both reviews and synthesizes the cytogenetic data pertinent to mammalian genome evolution including the most recent advances in molecular cytogenetics with an emphasis on chromosome painting in mammals. The volume begins with an overview of molecular cytogenetics in mammals offering original perspectives on genome evolution in mammals and in other vertebrates as well as on syntenic and associational evolution. Furthermore it discusses the evolution of genome size in mammals and details the cytogenetic findings in: Monotremata and Marsupialia, Afrotheria, Xenarthra, Chiroptera, Eulipotyphla, Carnivora and Pholidota, Cetartiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Rodentia, Lagamorpha and Sciuromorpha, Strepsirrhine Primates, Dermoptera and Scandentia, New World Primates, Catarrhine Primates. Leading experts in the field summarize the karyological and molecular cytogenetic data of mammals and pay particular attention to the last decades of intense activity in this field. Comparative and phylogenomic implications are thoroughly explored and integrated with sequencing information. The synthesis and new interpretations of mammalian karyotypes found in this volume have wide implications for those interested in the evolution of the vertebrate genome and for researchers involved in molecular cytogenetics, mammalian evolution, zoology, primatology, and comparative genomics.

Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes
Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes

Author: Stephen J. O'Brien

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-04-14

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 0471779040

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A stunning visual collection of the banded metaphase chromosomekaryotypes from some 850 species of mammals, the Atlas of MammalianChromosomes represents an unabridged compendium of the state ofthis genomic art form. Bringing together information currentlyscattered throughout the cytogenetics literature for scores ofpublished and unpublished species, this atlas features high-qualitykaryotype images for nearly every mammal studied to date, making itthe most comprehensive assemblage of high-resolution chromosomephotographs available--a critically invaluable resource for today'scomparative genomics era. For every available species, the Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomespresents the best karyotype produced, the common and Latin name ofthe species, the published citation, and the contributing authors.Most karyotypes are G-banded, revealing the chromosomal bar codesof homologous segments among related species. Addressing the mandate of the Human Genome Project to annotate thegenomes of other organisms as well, the Atlas of MammalianChromosomes offers a step forward in our understanding of speciesformation, of genome organization, and of DNA script for naturalselection. It is an invaluable resource for geneticists,mammalogists, and biologists interested in comparative genomics,systematics, and chromosome structure.

Comparative Genomics
Comparative Genomics

Author: Melody Clark

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2000-11-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780412830808

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Comparative genomics: an introduction: sequencing projects and model organisms (M. S. Clark). Drosophila melanogaster: a genetic tool (U. Schafer, H. Jackle). Tunicates: models for chordate evolution and development at low genomic complexity (W. R. Jeffrey). Fugu rubripes: a fish model genome (M. S. Clark, G. Elgar). The mouse and the genomic era (T. J. Wilson, F. Lazner, I. Kola, P. J. Hertzog). Quantitative Trait Loci in domestic animals - complex inheritance patterns (E. Lipkin, m. Soller). Comparative genomics of vertebrates and the evolution of sex chromosomes (J. A. M. Graves, S. Shetty). Insights into mammalian genome organization evolution by molecular cytogenetics (J. Wienberg, L. Froniecke, R. Stanyon). Index.

Mammalian Genomics
Mammalian Genomics

Author: Anatoly Ruvinsky

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 0851990754

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Genomics has experienced a dramatic development during the last 15-20 years. Data from mammalian genomes such as the human, mouse and rat have already been published, while others such as the dog, cattle and chimpanzee will soon follow. This book summarizes the current knowledge of mammalian genomics and offers a comparative analysis of genomes known today. This analysis includes farm, companion and lab animals. Topics covered include structural and functional aspects of the mammalian genome, mechanisms of genomic changes at the molecular level, evolution of DNA sequences, comparative chromosome mapping and painting, genome databases, gene prediction and the use of genomic information to understand inherited diseases. Contributors include leading researchers from Europe, USA, Australia and Japan.