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A stunning visual collection of the banded metaphase chromosome karyotypes from some 850 species of mammals, the Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes represents an unabridged compendium of the state of this genomic art form. Bringing together information currently scattered throughout the cytogenetics literature for scores of published and unpublished species, the atlas features high-quality karyotype images for nearly every mammal studied to date, making it the most comprehensive assemblage of high-resolution chromosome photographs available--a critically invaluable resource for today's comparative genomics era.
For every available species, the atlas presents the best karyotype produced, the common and Latin name of the species, the published citation, and the contributing authors. Nearly all karyotypes are G-banded, revealing the chromosomal bar codes of homologous segments among related species.
Addressing the mandate of the Human Genome Project to annotate the genomes of other organisms as well, this edition offers a step forward in our understanding of species formation, of genome organization, and of DNA script for natural selection. It is an invaluable resource for geneticists, mammalogists, and biologists interested in comparative genomics, systematics, and chromosome structure.
The book will include karyotypes of ~1000 of the 5000 species of mammals. These images provide the starting point for a new dynamic field called “ComparativeGenomics” which is driven by the whole genome sequence discernment of biological species.
When the atlas was first published, only three mammals were sequenced (human, mouse and rat). Today nearly 300 non-human mammal species enjoy genome sequence empowerment. This practice has become mainstream rigor, with genome sequencing being planed for nearly all mammal species in the coming decade. Updating the atlas will ignite the starting point for so many of these exciting new research endeavors.
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Current TOC:
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
MONOTREMATA.
Order Monotremata.
MARSUPIALIA.
Order Didelphimorphia.
Order Paucituberculata.
Order Microbiotheria.
Order Dasyuromorphia.
Order Peramelemorphia.
Order Notoryctemorphia.
Order Diprotodontia.
AFROTHERIA.
Order Afrosoricida.
Order Macroscelidea.
Order Sirenia.
Order Proboscidea.
Order Hyracoidea.
Order Tubulidentata.
XENARTHRA.
Order Xenarthra.
EUARCHONTOGLIRES.
Order Scandentia.
Order Dermoptera.
Order Primates.
Order Rodentia.
Order Lagomorpha.
LAURASIATHERIA.
Order Eulipotyphla.
Order Chiroptera.
Order Carnivora.
Order Pholidota.
Order Cetartiodactyla.
Order Perissodactyla.The new edition will follow the Tables of Contents of 1st edition, which presents a taxonomic group ordering of species’ karyotypes.
Updates to 1st edition:
- Addition of newly described and unpublished karyotypes, or karyotypes, that were not included into 1st edition. The new karyotypes will include G- and C- banding when available as in the first edition, to represent euchromatin and heterochromatin genome composition.
- Addition of a detailed summation of three decades of ZooFish- (chromosome painting) data to the scientific community that would utilize them in research endeavors.
- The summary of the painting data for each species with Zoo-FISH information. These will include color photos plus colored illustrations indicating conserved homology segments among compared species.
- Extended Zoo-FISH data photos for reference mammalian species (human, cat, cow, mouse, horse etc).
- Tables for each order that includes homology segment chromosome coordinate information on published aligned chromosome painting information.
- Up-to-date overview text of chromosome evolution in each order. Species phylogenetic trees for each order would illustrate the genome segment exchanges ( inversions and translocations) revealed by comparative chromosome studies.
