Description: Molecular Anthropology : Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary Ascent of the Primates, Paperback by Goodman, Morris (EDT); Tashian, Richard E. (EDT); Tashian, Jeanne H. (EDT), ISBN 1461587859, ISBN-13 9781461587859, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1962 at the Burg Wartenstein Symposium on "Classification and Human Evolution," Emile Zuckerkandl used the term "molecular anthropology" to characterize the study of primate phylogeny and human evolution through the genetic information contained in proteins and polynucleotides. Since that time, our knowledge of molecular evolution in primates and other organisms has grown considerably. The present volume examines this knowledge especially as it relates to the phyletic position of Homo sapiens in the order Primates and to the trends which shaped the direction of human evolution. Participants from the disciplines of protein and nucleotide chemistry, genetics, statistics, paleon tology, and physical anthropology held cross-disciplinary discussions and argued some of the major issues of molecular anthropology and the data upon which these arguments rest. Chief among these were the molecular clock controversy in hominoid evolution; the molecular evidence on phylogenetic relationships among primates; the evolution of gene expression regulation in primates; the relationship of fossil and molecular data in the Anthropoidea and other pri mates; the interpretation of the adaptive significance of evolutionary changes; and, finally, the impact on mankind of studies in molecular anthropology. Most of the papers in this volume were presented in a preliminary form at Symposium No. 65 on "Progress in Molecular Anthropology" held at Burg Wartenstein, Austria, from July 25 to August 1, 1975. These papers were subsequently revised and some additional papers related to the theme of the symposium were also contributed to this volume.
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Book Title: Molecular Anthropology : Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary A
Number of Pages: Xiii, 466 Pages
Publication Name: Molecular Anthropology : Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary Ascent of the Primates
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, Life Sciences / Evolution
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 32.2 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Morris Goodman
Subject Area: Science
Item Width: 7 in
Series: Advances in Primatology Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
