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Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates - Genes, Skin, Energetics, Breathing, and Feeding, Volume II (Hardcover)
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Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates - Genes, Skin, Energetics, Breathing, and Feeding, Volume II (Hardcover)
Series: Evolutionary Cell Biology
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Many complex traits define the primate condition, including
behaviors as fundamental as locomotion and traits as scrutinized as
the dentition, and their study reveals dramatic evolutionary change
across the primates. Genetic modifications are at the basis of
these changes, but transformation of genetic information into
phenotypes occurs at the level of the cell, which is the focus of
this book. Contributors summarize novel methodologies to analyze
the collective behavior of cells in forming tissues and organs
influencing physiological functions and anatomical features that
enable behaviors. Our goal is to review current knowledge and
encourage others to adopt evolutionary cell biology to aid in
deciphering the genotype-phenotype map that underlies the
diversification of primates, human variation, and human evolution.
The contributors to this book utilize advances in genetic analysis
and visualization of cells and tissues and merge evolutionary
developmental biology with evolutionary cell biology to address
questions central to understanding human and primate evolution. Key
Features Explores mechanisms underlying trait development,
distribution, variation, and evolution, especially with respect to
pigmentation, dental formulae, the skeleton, energetics, and
temperature-related morphological variation Documents the
advantages for anthropologists to work at the level of cells,
focusing on how genes provide instructions for cells to make
structure and how environment affects the behavior of cells
Illustrates the role cell biology plays in pelage growth and
pigmentation, facial morphology, melanin production in
pigmentation, dental development and tooth loss, and energy
expenditure Describes novel methodologies and techniques to analyze
environment- and temperature-related influences on phenotypes
Demonstrates how significant changes in life history occur at the
level of the cell Related Titles Bianchi, L. Developmental
Neurobiology (ISBN 978-0-8153-4482-7) King, G. R. Primate Behavior
and Human Origins (ISBN 978-1-138-85317-1) Rhys Evans, P. H. The
Waterside Ape: An Alternate Account of Human Evolution (ISBN
978-0-367-14548-4)
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