Editors:
- Provides a bird’s-eye view of the human genome
- Presents evolutionary perspectives on the human genome
- Offers interesting topics such as rubbish DNA, opsin genes, transcription factors, and gut metagenomes
Part of the book series: Evolutionary Studies (EVOLUS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Human Genome Viewed Through Genes
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish or junk DNA (by Dan Graur), GC content heterogeneity (by Satoshi Oota), protein coding and RNA coding genes (by Tadashi Imanishi), duplicated genes (by Takashi Kitano), recombinations (by Montanucci and Bertranpetit), and copy number variations including microsatellites (by Naoko Takezaki) are discussed. Readers can obtain various new insights on the human genome from this part. In Part II, genes in X and Y chromosomes (by Yoko Satta and others), HLA genes (by Timothy A. Jinam), opsin genes (by Shoji Kawamura and Amanda D. Melin), genes related to phenotypic variations (by RyosukeKimura), transcription factors (by Mahoko Takahashi and So Nakagawa), diabetes-related genes (by Ituro Inoue), disease genes in general (by Ituro Inoue and Hirofumi Nakaoka), and microbial genomes (by Chaochun Wei) are discussed. The human genome sequences were determined in 2004, and after more than 10 years we are now beginning to understand the human genome from an evolutionary point of view. This book furnishes readers with a good summary of current research in the field.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
Naruya Saitou
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evolution of the Human Genome I
Book Subtitle: The Genome and Genes
Editors: Naruya Saitou
Series Title: Evolutionary Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56603-8
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56601-4Published: 22 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56831-5Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56603-8Published: 08 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-484X
Series E-ISSN: 2509-4858
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 305
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Anthropology