Ankel-Simons Primate Anatomy

An Introduction
3. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-08-046911-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 752 Seiten

This book is unlike ay other work on primates: it systematically reviews the biology of all living primates, including humans. It describes their bio-geographical information and provides crucial data pertaining to their body size, fur coloration external distinguishing features, habitat and basic life strategies.
Now in its third edition, Primate Anatomy discusses species that are new to science since the last edition with details concerning anatomical features among primates that were re-discovered. New research in molecular primatology is also included due to recent relevant findings in molecular biology in accordance with new technology. The basics of biological taxonomy are introduced, along with photographs of all major groups. Important new and controversal issues make this edition key for every primatologists, anthropologist, and anatomist.
* Offers up-to-date reviews of molecular primatology and primate genomics
* Concentrates on living primates and their overall biology
* Discusses the genetic connection of function where known
* Introduces primate genomics for the first time in a textbook
* Provides instructive and comprehensive review tables
* Includes many unique, novel and easily understandable illustrations

Dr. Ankel-Simons did her graduate studies in marine biology, marine ecology, and marine geology at the University of Copenhagen, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Elsinore, Denmark, and the University of Giessen, Germany. She was a member of the first research team to keep the folivore primate Alouatta palliata alive in captivity for a long term of several years at the Max Planck Institut for Brain Research, Giessen, Germany. Since 1996, she has been a Research Associate in the Division of Paleontology at the Duke University Primate Center. She has published three books and numerous journal papers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ankel-Simons, Friderun

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front cover;1
2;Primate Anatomy An Introduction;4
3;Copyright page;5
4;Table of contents;8
5;Foreword to the Second Edition;12
6;Preface;14
7;Preface to the First Edition;22
8;Chapter 1: Taxonomic List of Extant Primates;24
8.1;NEW DEVELOPMENTS;24
8.2;LIST OF EXTANT PRIMATES;26
9;Chapter 2: Taxonomy;40
9.1;HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION;42
9.2;POPULATION BIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION;43
9.3;MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN PRIMATE CLASSIFICATION;50
9.4;THE TARSIER CONUNDRUM;54
10;Chapter 3: A History and Objectives of Primatology;56
10.1;THE STATE OF AFFAIRS;56
10.2;HISTORY;58
10.3;PRIMATOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF BIOLOGY;60
10.4;THE FUTURE OF PRIMATOLOGY;62
10.5;RETROSPECTION AND PREDICTION;64
10.6;DEFINITION OF ORDER PRIMATES;66
11;Chapter 4: Survey of Living Primates;70
11.1;SURVEY OF LIVING SCANDENTIA AND PROSIMII;71
11.2;SURVEY OF LIVING ANTHROPOIDEA;119
12;Chapter 5: Skull;184
12.1;SKULL DEVELOPMENT AND THE TWO TYPES OF BONE;185
12.2;ORBITAL REGION;188
12.3;NASAL REGION;191
12.4;SKULL BASE, BRAINCASE, AND FORAMEN MAGNUM POSITION;195
12.5;EAR REGION;197
12.6;THE SINUSES;203
12.7;COMPARATIVE PRIMATE SKULL MORPHOLOGY;205
13;Chapter 6: Brain;222
13.1;BRAIN MORPHOLOGY;229
13.2;GENE EXPRESSION;243
13.3;NEW INSIGHTS INTO BRAIN FUNCTION;244
14;Chapter 7: Teeth;246
14.1;TOOTH MORPHOLOGY AND DIET—CAN THEY BE RELIABLY CORRELATED?;247
14.2;TOOTH STRUCTURE;251
14.3;DENTAL FORMULAE;254
14.4;DENTAL TYPOLOGY;258
14.5;FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION;261
14.6;CHEWING MECHANICS;263
14.7;DENTAL FORMULAE AND MORPHOLOGY;266
14.8;WHAT IS NEW IN PRIMATE TOOTH RESEARCH?;303
15;Chapter 8: Postcranial Skeleton;306
15.1;SPINE AND THORAX;307
15.2;SHOULDER GIRDLE;334
15.3;PELVIC GIRDLE;343
15.4;HANDS AND FEET;358
15.5;FIFTH EXTREMITY;385
15.6;MUSCLES;388
15.7;LOCOMOTION;390
15.8;NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO STUDY PRIMATE LOCOMOTION;410
16;Chapter 9: Sense Organs and Viscera;414
16.1;NOSE AND OLFACTION;415
16.2;ORAL CAVITY, TONGUE, AND TASTE;440
16.3;AUDITORY REGION, HEARING, AND VOCALIZATION;451
16.4;EYES AND EYESIGHT;467
16.5;PRIMATE DIARHYTHMS AND BIOCHRONOLOGY;499
16.6;NUTRITION AND THE INTESTINAL TRACT;506
16.7;TOUCH;522
17;Chapter 10: Placentation and Early Primate Development;530
17.1;LEMURIDAE AND LORISIDAE;538
17.2;TARSIIDAE;538
17.3;CEBOIDEA AND CERCOPITHECOIDEA;539
17.4;CALLITRICHIDAE;540
17.5;PONGIDAE AND HOMINIDAE;541
18;Chapter 11: Reproductive Organs, Reproduction, and Growth;544
19;Chapter 12: Chromosomes and Blood Groups;556
19.1;CHROMOSOMES;556
19.2;BLOOD GROUPS;579
20;Chapter 13: Molecular Primatology;584
20.1;THE GENETIC MATERIAL OF CELLS;586
20.2;INDIRECT METHODS TO STUDY MOLECULAR PRIMATOLOGY;587
20.3;DIRECT STUDY OF GENETIC MATERIAL;593
20.4;PROBLEMS OF PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS USING MOLECULAR DATA;601
21;Chapter 14: Primate Genomics;604
21.1;THE HISTORY OF GENETICS;606
21.2;MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS;607
21.3;THE TARSIER CONUNDRUM STILL NOT SOLVED;624
21.4;GENETIC EXPRESSION OF HUMAN LEARNING;628
21.5;BAC, YAC, AND PAC LIBRARIES;629
21.6;GENES CONTROLLING HUMAN BEHAVIOR;630
21.7;VIEW INTO THE FUTURE OF GENOMICS;631
21.8;TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AND NUMTS;632
21.9;OUTLOOK AND REFLECTION;635
22;Chapter 15: Conclusions with a Glance at the Future;638
23;Bibliography;642
24;Index;714