Title | Perspectives in Primate Biology [electronic resource] / edited by A. B. Chiarelli |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8990-7 |
Descript | IX, 324 p. online resource |
Embryogenesis in vitro: An Experimental Model for the Understanding of Reproductive Physiology and Development in Mammals -- in vitro Fertilization -- in vitro Capacitation of Epididymal Spermatozoa -- in vitro Maturation of Follicular Oocytes -- Discussion -- Summary -- Comparative Neuroanatomy of Prosimian Primates: Some Basic Concepts Bearing on the Evolution of Upright Locomotion -- Basic Structure of Nerve Tissue -- to the Problem -- Sensory Centers and Pathways Related to Posture -- The Cerebellum -- Motor Centers and Pathways -- Discussion and Summary -- Outline of a Primate Visual System -- Optical Characteristics of the Macaque Eye -- Structure and Activity of the Retina -- Optic Nerve -- Geniculo-Cortical Pathway -- Color Coding -- Beyond the Striate Cortex -- Retino-Tectal System -- Overview of the Macaque Visual System -- Comparisons with Other Primates -- The Study of Chromosomes -- The Importance of Chromosomes in Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Study -- How Chromosomes May Change in Number and in Morphology -- The Karyotype of Primates -- Chromosomes of the Prosimians -- Chromosomes of the New World Monkeys -- Chromosomes of the Old World Monkeys -- Chromosomes of the Anthrapoid Apes and the Origin of the Human Karyotype -- An Attempt to Revise the Classification of the Old World Monkeys and to Interpret Their Phylogenesis on the Basis of Karyological Data -- Immunogenetics of Primates -- Immunological Systems -- M Factor -- N Factor -- The Fhenotypes -- The Genetic Pattern -- Parantigens and Paratypes -- Histo-Compatibility Antigens -- Conclusion -- Comparative Virology in Primates -- Capture and Holding in Exporting Country -- Shipment -- Importation -- Virus Infections -- Conclusions -- Comparative Primate Learning and Its Contributions to Understanding Development, Play, Intelligence, and Language -- The Need for a Valid Comparative Behavioral Primatology and Psychology -- Social Behavior Primatology and Adult Competence -- Play: The Fountainhead of Competence and Creativity? -- The Evolution of Human Intelligence -- Qualitative Differences in Learning in Relation to Brain Development -- The Relative Intelligence of the Great Apes -- Individual Differences among Nonhuman Primates -- Readiness to Attend to Visual Foreground Clues: An Ecological Adaptation? -- Learning and Language -- Learning and Transmission of Proto-Cultural Behaviors -- Summary -- Principles of Primate Group Organization -- Numerical Data -- The Use of Space -- Social Mechanisms -- Role Analysis -- Group Function -- Nonhuman Primates: A Vulnerable Resource -- Users and Traders of Primate Animals -- Activities Supporting Resource Management and Control -- Economics and Politics of Conservation in Practice -- Appeal for Conservation of Nonhuman Primates -- List of Contributors