Amphibian cytogenetics and evolution /

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Imprint:San Diego : Academic Press, c1991.
Description:xv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1281562
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Other authors / contributors:Green, David Martin
Sessions, Stanley Keith
ISBN:0122978803 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • James Kezer: A Pioneer in Amphibian Cytogenetics
  • The Phylogeny of Amphibians: Current Knowledge and the Role of Cytogenetics
  • Cytotaxonomy of Caecilians
  • Cytogenetics and Evolution of Hynobiid Salamanders
  • Evolutionary Cytogenetics of Bolitoglossine Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae)
  • Cytogenetics of the European Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Hydromantes
  • Repetitive DNA Sequences and the Evolution of Neotropical Plethodontid Salamanders
  • Chromosome Heteromorphism in Newts (Triturus) and Its Significance in Relation to Evolution and Development
  • Evolutionary Cytogenetics of Newts of the Genus Triturus as Revealed Using Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Centromere Fusions and Telomere Fusions during Meiosis in Amphibia
  • The Influence of Life History on Karyotypic Evolution in Frogs
  • Polyploidy and Cytogenetic Variation in Frogs of the Genus Xenopus
  • Chromosome Evolution in Holarctic Hyla Treefrogs
  • Supernumerary Chromosomes in Amphibians
  • The Evolution of Heterochromatin in the Amphibian Genome
  • Sex-Determining Mechanisms and Sex Chromosomes in Amphibia
  • Appendix I. Nomenclature for Chromosomes
  • Appendix II. Classification of World Amphibians
  • Index