Author : Jeremy B. Searle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 110701137X
Presents new insights into speciation through an in-depth analysis of extraordinary chromosomal variation in one species written by leading experts.
Author : Jeremy B. Searle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108759513
The chromosome complement (karyotype) often differs between related mammalian species (including humans vs chimpanzees), such that evolutionary biologists muse whether chromosomal difference is a cause or a consequence of speciation. The common shrew is an excellent model to investigate this problem because of its many geographical races (potential species) differing chromosomally, and its several sibling species (recently speciated forms) that are also chromosomally different. This system is an exceptional opportunity to investigate the role of chromosomes in speciation and this volume reflects detailed research following these approaches. Highlights include the demonstration that chromosomal re-arrangements can be associated with complete loss of gene flow and thus speciation and that selection within species hybrid zones may lead to de-speciation rather than speciation. This book represents an extraordinarily detailed consideration of the role of chromosomes in speciation in one astonishing species, providing insights to those interested in mammalian diversity, chromosomal evolution and speciation.
Author : Carlos Simón
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1107034477
Stem cell science has the potential to impact human reproductive medicine significantly - cutting edge technologies allow the production and regeneration of viable gametes from human stem cells offering potential to preciously infertile patients. Written by leading experts in the field Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine brings together chapters on the genetics and epigenetics of both the male and female gametes as well as advice on the production and regeneration of gene cells in men and women, trophoblasts and endometrium from human embryonic and adult stem cells. Although focussing mainly on the practical elements of the use of stem cells in reproductive medicine, the book also contains a section on new developments in stem cell research. The book is essential reading for reproductive medicine clinicians, gynecologists and embryologists who want to keep abreast of practical developments in this rapidly developing field.
Author : Giuseppe Fusco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1108499856
A look into the phenomena of sex and reproduction in all organisms, taking an innovative, unified and comprehensive approach.
Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 12,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780618619160
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
Author : Ilan R. Kirsch
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 1992-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780849388934
The Causes and Consequences of Chromosomal Aberrations explores one of the most dramatic examples of genomic instability-chromosomal aberrations. It describes some of the more recent techniques used to map genes within the human genome, study chromosomal aberrations at the cellular level, and define the organization of the interphase nucleus. General overviews are provided to build a conceptual framework for understanding the generality and specificity of chromosomal aberrations. The Causes and Consequences of Chromosomal Aberrations also explores the role of recombinases and topoisomerases in the development of chromosomal aberrations. It contains studies of chromosomal aberrations, which offer separate instructive treatises on specific malignancies. The Causes and Consequences of Chromosomal Aberrations is useful to medical and graduate students, physicians, molecular biologists, and cytogeneticists. It will benefit anyone interested in the concepts, contributions, and development in the field of molecular cytogenetics.
Author : Frank Zachos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 23,43 MB
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3110382547
There are nearly 6,000 mammalian species, among them our own. Research on our evolutionary cousins has a long history, but the last 20 years have seen particularly rapid progress in disentangling the interrelationships and evolutionary history of mammals. The present volume combines up-to-date reviews on mammalian phylogenetics with paleontological, taxonomic and evolutionary chapters and also summarizes the historical development of our insights in mammalian relationships, and thus our own place in the Tree of Life. Our book places the present biodiversity crisis in context, with one in four mammal species threatened by extinction, and reviews the distribution and conservation of mammalian diversity across the globe. This volume is the introductory tome to the new Mammalia series of the Handbook of Zoology and will be essential reading for mammalogists, zoologists and conservationists alike.
Author : Philip G. Cox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 34,4 MB
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107044332
A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics.
Author : David J. Hafner
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782831704630
The first comprehensive treatment of North American rodents of conservation concern. This action plan summarizes the rodent fauna of North America and provides available information on every rodent taxon that has been considered to be of conservation concern by state, provincial and private conservation agencies and regional experts. It is hoped that the survey provided in this action plan will serve as a common ground for all these parties in drawing up conservation strategies for rodents.
Author : Serge Morand
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1107037654
By joining phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, this book explores the patterns of parasite diversity while revealing diversification processes.
