Overview
- Will be of interest to scientists in the fields of genetics, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, genetic epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, anthropology and biomedical research
- Reviews the key genetic sequencing and mapping techniques
- An invaluable work that will promote further genomic research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals (MAPPANIMAL, volume 5)
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This book provides an introduction to the latest gene mapping techniques and their applications in biomedical research and evolutionary biology. It especially highlights the advances made in large-scale genomic sequencing. Results of studies that illustrate how the new approaches have improved our understanding of the genetic basis of complex phenotypes including multifactorial diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity), anatomic characteristics (e.g., the craniofacial complex), and neurological and behavioral phenotypes (e.g., human brain structure and nonhuman primate behavior) 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. Further included are discussions of the use of statistical genetic and genetic epidemiologic techniques to decipher the genetic architectureof normal and disease-related complex phenotypes using data from both humans and non-human primates.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genome Mapping and Genomics in Human and Non-Human Primates
Editors: Ravindranath Duggirala, Laura Almasy, Sarah Williams-Blangero, Solomon F.D. Paul, Chittaranjan Kole
Series Title: Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46306-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46305-5Published: 22 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51839-7Published: 12 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46306-2Published: 25 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2512-3394
Series E-ISSN: 2512-3408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 305
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Genetics and Genomics, Gene Expression, Evolutionary Biology