Primate anatomy : an introduction /: an introduction. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Friderun Ankel-Simons.
• Other Names: Ankel-Simons, Friderun
• Contents: Chapter 1; Taxonomic List of Extant Primates; New Developments; List of Extant Primates; ; Chapter 2; Notes about Taxonomy; Population Biology and Classification; Traditional or Evolutionary Classification; Numerical and Phenetic Classification; Cladistics; Cladistic Terminology; Misunderstandings in Primate Classification; The Tarsier Conundrum; ; Chapter 3; A History and Objectives of Primatology; The State of Affairs; History; Primatology - a Branch of Biology; The Future of Primatology; Retrospection and Prediction; Definition of Order Primates; ; Chapter 4; Survey of Living Primates; Survey of Living Tupaias and Prosimii; Lemurs; Lorises; Tarsiers; Survey of Living Anthropoidea; New World Monkeys; Old World Monkeys; Hominoidea; ; Chapter 5; Skull; Skull development and two Kinds of Bones; Orbital Region; Nasal Region; Skull Base and Brain Case; Ear Region; The Sinuses; Comparative Skull Morphology; ; Chapter 6; Brain; Brain Morphology; New Insights Into Brain Function; ; ; Chapter 7; Teeth; Tooth Morphology and Diet; can they Reliably be Correlated?; Tooth Structure; Dental Formulae; Dental Typology; Functional and Morphological Variation; Chewing Mechanics; Dental Formulae and Morphology; What is New in Tooth Research?; ; Chapter 8; Postcranial Skeleton; Spine and Thorax; Shoulder Girdle; Pelvic Girdle; Hands and Feet; Fifth Extremity; Locomotion; New Technology Applied to the Study of Primate Locomotion; ; Chapter 9; Sense Organs and Viscera; Nose and Olfaction; Outer Nose and Rhinarium; Nose Based Taxonomy; Olfaction; The Olfactory Epithelium; The Genetic Connection of Olfaction; The Vomeronasal Organ; The Genetic Connection of Pheromone Perception; The Septal Organ of Masera; Olfactory Messages; Oral Cavity, Tongue and Taste; The Palate; The Tongue; The Sublingua; Taste; The Neural Connection; The Genetic Connection; Auditory Region, Hearing and Vocalization; Outer Ear; Inner Ear; Hearing; Vocalization and Larynx; Eye and Eyesight; The Substructures of the Eyeball; The Substructures of the Retina; Macula Lutea and Fovea Centralis; The Tapetum Lucidum; The Genetic Connection: Opsins and Genes; The Neural Connection; Eyelids; Recent Research and Review of Visual Adaptations; Diarhythms and Biochronology; Nutrition and Intestinal Tract; Review of the Primate Diet; Eating Soils and other unexpected Fare Morphology of the Intestinal Tract; The Stomach; The Small Intestine; The Large Intestine; Liver and Spleen; Touch; The Sensitive Skin; The Genetic Connection; ; Chapter 10; Placentation and Early Development; ; Chapter 11; Reproductive Organs, Reproduction and Grooup; ; Chapter 12; Chromosomes and Bloodgroups; Chromosomes; Bloodgroups; ; Chapter 13; Molecular Primatology; Molecular Clocks; Mitochondrial DNA; Problems of Phylogenetic Analysis using Molecular Data; ; Chapter 14; Primate Genomics; Transposable Elements and Numts; ; Chapter 15; Conclusion nd a Glance at the Future; Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (752 pages)
• Subjects: 571.3198; Primates -- Anatomy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080469119; 0080469116
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