Monkeys, Apes, and Humans : Primatology in Japan /

Monkeys, Apes, and Humans : Primatology in Japan /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Huffman, Michael A. (Autor), Nakagawa, Naofumi. (Autor), Go, Yasuhiro. (Autor), Imai, Hiroo. (Autor), Tomonaga, Masaki. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Biology,
Materias:
Behavioral sciences.
Evolutionary biology.
Animal genetics.
Behavioral Sciences.
Evolutionary Biology.
Animal Genetics and Genomics.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Cultural Diversity of Social Behaviors in Japanese Macaques
  • 1.1 Cultural Behaviors That Have Shed Light on Non-human Primates.-1.2 Forgotten Cultures of Social Behaviors
  • 1.3 Culture for Embracing Behaviors in Japanese Macaques: Prologue
  • 1.4 Inter-population Differences in Behavioral Patterns and Presence or Absence of “Hug-Hug”
  • 1.5 “Social Cultures” Among Non-human Primates References
  • 2 Primate Self-medication and the Treatment of Parasite Infection
  • 2.1 The Field of Primate Self-medication
  • 2.2 Primate Self-medication and the Parasite Predicament
  • 2.3 Behavioral Strategies of Health Maintenance and Parasite Control
  • 2.4 Dietary Selection or Disease Prevention?
  • 2.4.1 Medicinal Foods
  • 2.4.2 Nutrient Poor Items
  • 2.4.3 Hallucinogens and Stimulants
  • 2.4.4 Antibiotic Properties
  • 2.5 Therapeutic Self-medicative Behavior in Great Apes
  • 2.5.1 Great Ape Parasites
  • 2.5.2 Bitter Pith Chewing, a Chemical Mode of Parasite Control
  • 2.5.3 Leaf-Swallowing, a Physical Mode of Parasite Control
  • 2.6 Future Directions of Self-medication Research for the Health of Humans
  • References
  • 3 From Genes to the Mind: Comparative Genomics and Cognitive Science Elucidating Aspects of the Apes That Make Us Human
  • 3.1 Exploring the Chimpanzee Mind: Thirty Five Years of Comparative-Cognitive Studies of Chimpanzees at the Primate Research Institute (PRI)
  • 3.1.1 Comparative Cognitive Science
  • 3.1.2 Teaching Visual Symbols to Chimpanzees: The Initiation of the “Ai Project”
  • 3.1.3 How Do Chimpanzees See the World?
  • 3.1.4 Comparative–Cognitive–Developmental Perspective
  • 3.1.5 Step Toward the Next Decade of the Twenty-First Century
  • 3.2 Primate Genome Database
  • 3.2.1 Introduction
  • 3.2.2 Geographical Information
  • 3.2.3 Family Tree
  • 3.2.4 Gallery
  • 3.2.5 Genotype Comparison
  • 3.2.6 Chromosome Image
  • 3.2.7 Microarray
  • 3.2.8 Personality Comparison
  • 3.2.9 Genotype–Phenotype Relationship
  • 3.3 Chimpanzee Genome Studies at an Individual Level at PRI
  • 3.3.1 Advances in Genome Science in the Last Ten years
  • 3.3.2 Application of NGS Technologies to Comparative Genomics Studies
  • 3.3.3 Chimpanzee Genomics at an Individual Level to Understand Their Variations
  • 3.3.4 Further Perspective for Linking the Genome and Phenome
  • References.

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