Post-Genome Biology of Primates

1. Introduction
Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, Hirohisa Hirai

2. An Overview of Transcriptome Studies in Non-Human Primates
Naoki Osada

3. The Role of Neoteny in Human Evolution: From Genes to the Phenotype
Mehmet Somel, Lin Tang, Philipp Khaitovich

4. Evolution of Chemosensory Receptor Genes in Primates and Other Mammals
Yoshihito Niimura

5. Functional Evolution of Primate Odorant Receptors
Kaylin A. Adipietro, Hiroaki Matsunami, Hanyi Zhuang

6. Post-Genome Biology of Primates Focusing on Taste Perception
Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai

7. Polymorphic Color Vision in Primates: Evolutionary Considerations
Shoji Kawamura, Chihiro Hiramatsu, Amanda D. Melin, Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli, Linda M. Fedigan

8. Human-Specific Changes in Sialic Acid Biology
Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Ajit Varki

9. Duplicated Gene Evolution of the Primate Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family
Hiroki Oota, Hiroki Oota, Kenneth K. Kidd

10. Genome Structure and Primate Evolution
Yoko Satta

11. Contribution of DNA-Based Transposable Elements to Genome Evolution: Inferences Drawn from Behavior of an Element Found in Fish
Akihiko Koga

12. Application of Phylogenetic Network
Takashi Kitano

13. Comparative Primate Molecular Cytogenetics: Revealing Ancestral Genomes, Marker Order, and Evolutionary New Centromeres
Roscoe Stanyon, Nicoletta Archidiacono, Mariano Rocchi

14. Chromosomal Evolution of Gibbons (Hylobatidae)
Stefan Müller, Johannes Wienberg

15. Evolution and Biological Meaning of Genomic Wastelands (RCRO): Proposal of Hypothesis
Hirohisa Hirai

16. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution in Primates
Atsushi Matsui, Masami Hasegawa

17. Origins and Evolution of Early Primates
Masanaru Takai

Keywords: Life Sciences, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Zoology, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Sciences, Anthropology