Cytotaxonomy and Vertebrate Evolution

By Ernesto Capanna

Cytotaxonomy and Vertebrate Evolution
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Cytotaxonomu and evolution: general remarks; Ultrastructure of chromosomes; Ultrastructure of genetic activity in vertebrate chromosomes; The DNA nuclear content and the evolution of vertebrates; Lampbrush chromosomes in cytotaxonomic and cytogenetic studies; Chromosomal rearrangements in mamalian population polymorphism and speciation; Common patterns of chromosome evolution in mammalian cell cultures or malignant tumors and mammalian speciation; The chromosomes of lower chordates; The chromosomes of the cyclostomes; Checklist of fish chromosomes; Amphibia; The chromosomes of the reptilia, a cytotaxonomic interpretation; Cytotaxonomy and chromosome evolution in birds; The chromoses of non-eutherian mammals.

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