Evolutionary and Genetic Biology of Primates V1

Contributors to Volume I

Preface

Contents of Volume II


1. An Introduction to the Primates

I. Introduction

II. Prosimii

III. Anthropoidea

IV. The Classification of the Primates

References


2. A Critical Reappraisal of Tertiary Primates

I. Introduction

II. Paleocene Primates

III. Eocene Primates

IV. Oligocene Primates

V. Miocene Primates

VI. Pliocene Primates

References


3. The Primate Nervous System: Functional and Structural Aspects in Phylogeny

I. Introduction

II. The Nervous System and the Forelimbs

III. The Primate Visual System

References


4. New Approaches to the Study of the Skin of Primates

I. Introduction

II. The Epidermis

III. The Dermis

IV. The Pilosebaceous Complexes

V. The Sweat Glands

References


5. The Sweat Glands of the Lorisidae

I. Materials and Methods

II. The Apocrine Sweat Glands of the General Body Skin

III. Specialized Sudoriparous Glands

IV. Conclusions

References


6· Nerve Endings in the Skin of Primates

I. Nerve Endings in Man

II. Nerve Endings in Other Primates

III. The Vater-Pacini Corpuscle

IV. End Organs in Other Animals

V. Comment

References


7. The Chromosomes of Primates

I. Introduction

II. Methods for Primate Chromosomes

III. Primate Chromosomes

IV. Primate Chromosome Evolution

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Taxonomic Index