Genome Mapping and Genomics in Human and Non-Human Primates

This book provides an introduction to the latest gene mapping techniques and their applications in biomedical research and evolutionary biology. The book especially highlights the advances made in large-scale genomic sequencing.Results of studies that illustrate how the new approaches have improved the understanding of the genetic basis of complex phenotypes including multifactorial diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity), anatomical characteristics (e.g. the craniofacial complex), and neurological and behavioural phenotypes (e.g. human brain structure and nonhuman primate behaviour) are presented. Topics covered include linkage and association methods, gene expression, copy number variation, next-generation sequencing, comparative genomics, population structure, and a discussion of the Human Genome Project. Discussions of the use of statistical genetic and genetic epidemiological techniques to decipher the genetic architecture of normal and disease-related complex phenotypes using data from both humans and non-human primates are also included. 

Volume 5. Available as a Hardcover and as an eBook. The eBook may be downloaded immediately after purchase. May be read on SpringerLink. Suitable for scientists in the fields of genetics, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, genetic epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, anthropology and biomedical research. Part of the Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals Series. Please click here for the four books in this Series (the one on Arthopods is not cited in TextBase). For Table of Contents.

ISBN: Hardcover: 978-3-662-46305-5; Softcover: 978-3-662-51839-7, eBook: 978-3-662-46306-2

Price: Hardcover: EUR179.99; Softcover: EUR129.99, eBook: EUR 106.99