Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates -

Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates

Bone, Brains, and Muscle, Volume I
Buch | Hardcover
270 Seiten
2021
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-43768-8 (ISBN)
114,70 inkl. MwSt
This volume demonstrates the role of cellular mechanisms producing traits defining primates such as encephalization and various sensory systems. We highlight how genetic analysis, tissue and cell visualization, and merging Evo-Devo with cell biology combine to answer questions central to understanding human and primate evolution.
Many complex traits define the human condition, including encephalization and bipedalism. The specific molecular signals and cellular processes producing these traits are the result of dramatic evolutionary change. At the same time, conservation of many of these developmental programs underlie both structure and function. Novel methodologies and techniques allow analysis of the collective behavior of cells, cell shapes, tissues, and organs. This volume demonstrates the essential role of cellular mechanisms in the evolutionary increase in the size and complexity of the primate brain. In addition, and concordant with encephalization, this book documents changes in the muscles and bones associated with the appearance of bipedalism. Genetic changes are the basis of these evolutionary changes, but transformation of genetic information into phenotypic outcomes occurs at the level of the cell, and this is the focus of the book. The goal is to encourage others to adopt evolutionary cell biology as a novel and necessary approach to the genotype-phenotype map of the diversification of primates, human variation, and human evolution. The contributors to this book utilize advances in genetic analysis, visualization of cells and tissues, and the merging of evolutionary developmental biology with evolutionary cell biology to address questions central to understanding the human and primate evolution.

Key Features






Explores mechanisms underlying trait distribution, dispersal, variation, and evolution through the direct testing of hypotheses especially with respect to patterns of encephalization, certain sensory modalities, and growth and life history specializations.



Documents the advantages for anthropologists to work at the level of cells focusing on how genes provide instructions for cells to make structure and how environmental influences affect the behavior of cells.



Illustrates the role cell biology plays with respect to encephalization, neocortical expansion, variation in facial morphology, locomotion, and dexterity.



Describes novel methodologies and techniques allowing analysis of how the collective behavior of cells shapes tissues and organs.

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Bianchi, L. Developmental Neurobiology (ISBN 978-0-8153-4482-7)

M. Kathleen Pitirri, PhD is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. She received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 2019 where she studied primate evolution, focusing specifically on the taxonomic, ontogenetic, and functional basis of mandibular shape variation in living and fossil primates. During her PhD research, Dr. Pitirri developed a novel methodology for studying shape variation of mandibular fragments that are part of the primate fossil record. She found a strong relationship between the shape of the mandibular corpus and molar crypt formation in great apes, suggesting that mandibular shape is linked to an extended period of development in great apes, representing an important evolutionary shift in primates. Upon joining the Richtsmeier Lab, Dr. Pitirri began using mouse models to study the cellular mechanisms involved in transferring information from the genotype to the phenotype. The changes observed in mouse models can be used to interpret the cellular basis for changes observed in skull shape in primates because mechanisms that build the craniofacial skeleton during development also drive variation in disease and evolution. Dr. Pitirri is particularly interested in the evolutionary consequences of change in developmental processes driving the patterning of cellular activities involved in embryogenesis of skull bones, the role of the chondrocranium in skull development, and the genetic pathways regulating the relationship between tooth and bone formation during embryonic development. Joan Richtsmeier is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University. She received her PhD from Northwestern University in 1985 and joined the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1986. There, she focused on establishing new quantitative methods for studying change in biological shape through time, especially in primates, with Professor Subhash Lele. In 1999 she became the 55th woman to achieve the rank of Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of  Medicine since the school opened in 1893. In 2000, Dr. Richtsmeier moved her lab to the Pennsylvania State University. There, her focus turned to joining developmental biology with evolutionary biology, and with collaborators and students, she has worked to integrate the study of mouse models carrying known genetic variants with understanding the biological basis of patterns of evolutionary change. She is particularly interested in early formation of the chondrocranium and how and why cells decide to become osteoblasts and make bone. Dr. Richtsmeier was elected Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) in 2018, received the Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award of the AAA in 2019, and the David Bixler Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology in 2019. She was elected Fellow of the AAAS (Section on Biological Sciences) in 2020. Her work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Wellcome Trust.    

Volume 1 Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates: bone, brains, and muscle

Chapter 1 Introduction: Evolutionary cell biology in anthropological research

Joan T. Richtsmeier and M. Kathleen Pitirri

Chapter 2 The role of bone and cartilage cells in the evolution of bipedalism

Cambell Rolian

Chapter 3 Cellular processes in limb development and primate evolution

Philip L. Reno, Kelsey M. Kjosness, and Allison L. Machnicki

Chapter 4 A muscular perspective on human evolution: Locomotor insights from analyses of primate muscle architecture and fiber type

Andrew S. Deane, Jason M. Organ, and Magdalena N. Muchlinski

Chapter 5 Evolution of the encephalized human brain: How did we become exceptional?

Kevin Alloway and Kevin Flaherty

Chapter 6 Primate Cognition: cellular processes and the developmental mechanisms in brain expansion

Maria Carolina Marchetto and Katerina Semendeferi

Chapter 7 The role of primate embryogenesis in encephalization and neocortical expansion

Andrew Halley

Chapter 8 How gene expression can induce correlated changes in brain and skull systems

Neus Martínez-Abadías, Rubèn Gonzàlez, Roger Mateu, Jaume Sastre, Alexandre Robert-Moreno, Jim Swoger, Susan M. Motch Perrine, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Joan Richtsmeier, and James Sharpe

Chapter 9 Cellular dynamics and the developmental basis for craniofacial variation in evolution and disease

Nathan M. Young, Ralph S. Marcucio, Benedikt Hallgrímsson, Heather A. Richbourg, and Rebecca M. Green

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Evolutionary Cell Biology
Zusatzinfo 7 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, color; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white; 24 Illustrations, color; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 657 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zellbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-367-43768-6 / 0367437686
ISBN-13 978-0-367-43768-8 / 9780367437688
Zustand Neuware
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