Title Fish karyotypes : a check list / Ryoichi Arai

Published Tokyo ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (v, 340 pages) Contents Availability of fish karyotypes -- Fish vouchering and identification -- Classification of extant fishes -- Historical transition of numbers of karyotyped species/subspecies -- Relationship between karyotype and genome size -- Cytogenetic approach to fish systematics -- Database of karyotypes : how to use the database Summary As the largest group of extant vertebrates, fish offer an almost limitless number of striking examples of evolutionary adaptation to environmental and biotic selection pressure. The most diverse of all vertebrate groups, the higher taxa of fish traditionally have been classified by morphology and paleontology, with a much smaller input of cytogenetic information. DNA sequence data are exerting an increasingly strong influence on modern fish systematics, challenging the classification of numerous higher taxa ranging from genera to orders. The most fruitful approach, however, involves synthetic analyses of morphology, molecular phylogenetics, comparative karyology, and genome size. Karyotypes of more than 3400 species/subspecies are arranged here by fish systematics and include a list of genome size, sex chromosomes, B chromosomes, polyploidy, and locality of material fish, among others. This volume enables both beginners and advanced researchers to survey the existing literature and facilitates the implementation of an integrative approach to fish systematics. The first book on fish chromosomes in nearly 15 years, it is also the most comprehensive Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-317) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Fishes -- Cytogenetics. Karyotypes. Fishes -- Classification -- Genetic aspects Karyotypes -- Databases Vertebrates. Biology. Chordata. Life sciences. Physical sciences. Classification. Fishes. Vertebrates Biology Information Science Chordata Biological Science Disciplines Natural Science Disciplines Animals Disciplines and Occupations Eukaryota Organisms Classification Genetics Fishes Karyotyping fish karyotyping Vertebrata (subphylum) biology. Chordata (phylum) biological sciences. physical sciences. classification (information handling function) Fishes. Fishes -- Cytogenetics. Karyotypes. Genre/Form databases. Databases. Databases. Bases de données. Form Electronic book ISBN 9784431538776 4431538771 9784431538769 4431538763

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