Primate anatomy : an introduction /

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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 l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ankel-Simons, Friderun
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, Ã2007.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Primates > Anatomy.
Primates > anatomy & histology
Primates > Anatomie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Taxonomic list of extant primates
  • New developments
  • List of extant primates
  • 2. Taxonomy
  • Hierarchical classification
  • Population biology and classification
  • Misunderstandings in primate classification
  • The tarsier conundrum
  • 3. A history and objectives of primatology
  • The state of affairs
  • History
  • Primatology as a branch of biology
  • The future of primatology
  • Retrospection and prediction
  • Definition of order Primates
  • 4. Survey of living primates
  • Survey of living Scandentia and Prosimii
  • Survey of living Anthropoidea
  • 5. Skull
  • Skull development and the two types of bone
  • Orbital region
  • Nasal region
  • Skull base, braincase, and foramen magnum position
  • Ear region
  • The sinuses
  • Comparative primate skull morphology
  • 6. Brain
  • Brain morphology
  • Gene expression
  • New insights into brain function
  • 7. Teeth
  • Tooth morphology and diet, can they be reliably correlated?
  • Tooth structure
  • Dental formulae
  • Dental typology
  • Functional and morphological variation
  • Chewing mechanics
  • Dental formulae and morphology
  • What is new in primate tooth research?
  • 8. Postcranial skeleton
  • Spine and thorax
  • Shoulder girdle
  • Pelvic girdle
  • Hands and feet
  • Fifth extremity
  • Muscles
  • Locomotion
  • New technologies applied to study primate locomotion
  • 9. Sense organs and viscera
  • Nose and olfaction
  • Oral cavity, tongue, and taste
  • Auditory region, hearing, and vocalization
  • Eyes and eyesight
  • Primate diarhythms and biochronology
  • Nutrition and the intestinal tract
  • Touch
  • 10. Placentation and early primate development
  • Lemuridae and Lorisidae
  • Tarsiidae
  • Ceboidea and Cercopithecoidea
  • Callitrichidae
  • Pongidae and Hominidae
  • 11. Reproductive organs, reproduction, and growth
  • 12. Chromosomes and blood groups
  • Chromosomes
  • Blood groups
  • 13. Molecular primatology
  • The genetic material of cells
  • Indirect methods to study molecular primatology
  • Direct study of genetic material
  • Problems of phylogenetic analysis using molecular data
  • 14. Primate genomics
  • The history of genetics
  • Molecular phylogenetics
  • The tarsier conundrum still not solved
  • Genetic expression of human learning
  • BAC, YAC, and PAC libraries
  • Genes controlling human behavior
  • View into the future of genomics
  • Transposable elements and numts
  • Outlook and reflections
  • 15. Conclusions and a glance at the future.

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