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Molecular Anthropology

Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary Ascent of the Primates

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Editors:
  1. Morris Goodman

    1. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA

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  2. Richard E. Tashian

    1. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

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  3. Jeanne H. Tashian

    1. University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Primatology (AIPR)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Background to Some Key Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What Is Molecular Anthropology?

      • Gabriel W. Lasker
      Pages 3-12
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    3. Mutation and Molecular Evolution

      • F. Vogel, M. Kopun, R. Rathenberg
      Pages 13-33
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    4. The Fossil Record of Primate Phylogeny

      • Elwyn L. Simons
      Pages 35-62
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    5. Splitting Times among Hominoids Deduced from the Fossil Record

      • Alan Walker
      Pages 63-77
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  4. Primate Phylogeny and the Molecular Clock Controversy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Molecular Systematics of the Primates

      • Vincent M. Sarich, John E. Cronin
      Pages 141-170
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    3. Immunodiffusion Evidence on the Phylogeny of the Primates

      • Howard T. Dene, Morris Goodman, William Prychodko
      Pages 171-195
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    4. Evolutionary Rates in Proteins: Neutral Mutations and the Molecular Clock

      • Walter M. Fitch, Charles H. Langley
      Pages 197-219
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  5. Primate Evolution Inferred from Amino Acid Sequence Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Evolution of the Primary Structures of Primate and Other Vertebrate Hemoglobins

      • Genji Matsuda
      Pages 223-237
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    3. The Hemoglobins of Tarsius bancanus

      • Jan M. Beard, Morris Goodman
      Pages 239-255
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    4. Old World Monkey Hemoglobins: Deciphering Phylogeny from Complex Patterns of Molecular Evolution

      • David Hewett-Emmett, Christopher N. Cook, N. A. Barnicot
      Pages 257-275
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    5. Structure and Function of Baboon Hemoglobins

      • Bolling Sullivan, Joseph Bonaventura, Celia Bonaventura, Peter E. Nute
      Pages 277-288
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    6. Evolution of Myoglobin Amino Acid Sequences in Primates and Other Vertebrates

      • A. E. Romero-Herrera, H. Lehmann, K. A. Joysey, A. E. Friday
      Pages 289-300
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA

    Morris Goodman

  • University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

    Richard E. Tashian

  • University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA

    Jeanne H. Tashian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Anthropology

  • Book Subtitle: Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary Ascent of the Primates

  • Editors: Morris Goodman, Richard E. Tashian, Jeanne H. Tashian

  • Series Title: Advances in Primatology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8783-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8785-9Published: 18 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8783-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 466

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology

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