Medical Primatology - History, Biological Foundations and Applications

List of contents

HISTORY: GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF PRIMATOLOGY. History of Medical Primatology. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY. Taxonomy and a Concise Evolutionary-Phylogenetic Description of the Order Primates. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY. Characterization and Possible Applications of the Affinity between Humans and Other Primates. Other Models and Opportunities for Research with Primates.

About the author

Fridman, Eman P; Nadler, Ronald D.

Summary

Monkeys and apes have been used successfully in medical research for many decades. Medical Primatology discusses the history of this research, and the biological foundations of medical primatology. The book reviews primate taxonomy and evolution, using traditional data and recent experimental evidence from molecular biology, genetics and biomedicin

Product details

• Authors: Eman P Fridman, Eman P Nadler Fridman, Eman P. Nadler Fridman, Ronald D. Nadler, Nadler Ronald D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367455019
• ISBN: 978-0-367-45501-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Research, MEDICAL / Toxicology, biochemistry, Zoology & animal sciences, Neurosciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Toxicology (non-medical)