Comparative Karyology of Primates.

Intro -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- SECTION ONE: THEORY OF CHROMOSOME BANDING -- Thermal and Chemical Denaturation of Nucleohistone Compared with the Reactions of Chromatin -- Trypsin and Trypsin/Versene Banding on Chromosomes -- Abstract: Photodensitometric Techniques in Evaluating Chromosome Banding -- An Outline of the Application of the Method of Nucleic Acid Hybridization to Chromosomes in situ -- SECTION TWO: RECENT STUDIES ON PRIMATE CHROMOSOMES -- Problems of Primate Karyology -- Cytogenetic Study of the Indridae Bennet, 1832, an Endemic Malagasy Lemur Family -- Abstract: C-Bands in Chromosomes of Presbytis entellus entellus (Dufresne) -- Chromosome Evolution in the Genus Cercopithecus -- Comparison of Banding Patterns in Man and Primates and Their Evolutionary Significance -- Abstract: A Comparison of the Fluorescent Karyotypes of the Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Man -- Related Satellite DNA in Man and Higher Primates -- Evolutionary Significance of the Chromosome Numbers in the Mammals: A Point of View -- SECTION THREE: CHROMOSOME STUDIES IN HUMANS -- Blood-Group Determinations and Chromosome Aberrations Among the Jicaque Indians (Honduras) -- Cytogenetic Study of the Eskimo in Igloolik, N.W.T. -- Observations on Centromeric Heterochromatin -- The Problems of "Normal" Chromosomal Variants in Man -- SECTION FOUR: PERSPECTIVES ON SUPRA- AND SUBCHROMOSOMAL ORGANIZATION -- Position of Male-Determining Gene Loci on the Y Chromosome and Possible Explanation of XX-Male and XY-Female Phenomena in Man -- Critical Approach to the Interpretative Problem of the DNA Nuclear Content Variations in Primates -- Bands or Chromomeres: A Functional Interpretation of Banding and Speculation About a Model of Nucleus and Chromosome Organization in the Eukaryots -- SECTION FIVE: SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUES FOR CHROMOSOME STUDIES.

Technical Notes on the Workshop on Chromosome Banding -- Meiotic Chromosome Preparations -- SECTION SIX: PRIMATE CHROMOSOME ATLAS -- Introduction -- Primate Chromosome Atlas -- Prosimii -- Simiae platyrrhinae -- Simiae catarrhinae -- APPENDICES -- Resolution Concerning the Conservation of Primates -- Complete Bibliography on Primate Karyology -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

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