The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics /

Table of Contents: “…Quaternary Environments and Demographic Response -- Tracking the Origin and Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia -- The Red Sea, Coastal Landscapes, and Hominin Dispersals -- Pleistocene Climate Change in Arabia: Developing a Framework for Hominin Dispersal over the Last 350 ka -- Environment and Long-Term Population Trends in Southwest Arabia -- Genetics and Migration -- Mitochondrial DNA Structure of Yemeni Population: Regional Differences and the Implications for Different Migratory Contributions -- The Arabian peninsula: Gate for Human Migrations Out of Africa or Cul-de-Sac? …”

The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility

Table of Contents: “…-- III Biodemography and Fertility: Genetic Models -- 8 Genetic and Shared Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Timing of First Sexual Intercourse: The Moderating Effect of Time Spent with a Sibling -- 9 Evidence of an Emerging Collision between the Fertility Transition and Genotype-Dependent Fertility Differentials -- 10 Evidence of Decreased Fertility in Women Carrying the Gene for G6PD deficiency: A Study in the Sardinian Population -- 11 The Impact of Intergenerationally-Transmitted Fertility and Nuptiality on Population Dynamics in Contemporary Populations -- Chaper 12 Genetic Variance in Human Fertility: Biology, Psychology, or Both?.…”

Tilapias: Biology and Exploitation

Table of Contents: “…1 Evolution, phylogenetic relationships and biogeography -- 1.1 Definition of a tilapia -- 1.2 Evolution of the Cichlidae -- 1.3 Taxonomic classification -- 1.4 Evolution of mouthbrooding tilapia -- 1.5 Tilapiine evolution -- 1.6 Biogeography -- References -- 2 Reproductive biology, mating systems and parental care -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mating systems and mate choice -- 2.3 Competition and territoriality -- 2.4 Courtship and spawning -- 2.5 Parental care -- 2.6 Habitat use during the life cycle -- 2.7 Breeding seasonality -- 2.8 Evolution of reproductive strategies -- 2.9 Implications for exploitation -- 2.10 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Diet, feeding and digestive physiology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Diet and feeding ecology -- 3.3 Food capture and processing -- 3.4 Gut morphology and digestion -- 3.5 Feeding rates and trophic efficiencies -- 3.6 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Environmental physiology and energetics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Body design and general anatomical features -- 4.3 Handling and anaesthesia -- 4.4 Oxygen consumption and utilization -- 4.5 Nitrogenous excretion -- 4.6 The major metabolic modifiers -- 4.7 Energy flow and budgets -- 4.8 Effects of water quality parameters -- 4.9 Summary -- References -- 5 The role of tilapias in ecosystems -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Nilo-Sudanian tilapias in riverine ecosystems and impoundments -- 5.3 Nilo-Sudanian tilapias in lakes -- 5.4 Tilapias in Lake Victoria - the replacement of endemic by nilotic species -- 5.5 Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir, Tanzania, new home of O.esculentus -- 5.6 The roles of tilapias in species flocks -- 5.7 Tilapias in specialized ecosystems -- 5.8 O mossambicus in Lake Sibaya, southern Africa -- 5.9 The roles of tilapias established in ecosystems outside Africa -- 5.10 Discussion: the success of tilapias -- References -- 6 Population dynamics and management -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Population processes -- 6.3 Dynamics and management of populations -- 6.4 Life history variation and’ stunting’ -- 6.5 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Genetics for the management and improvement of cultured tilapias -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Choice of species and strains -- 7.3 Selective breeding -- 7.4 Chromosome set and ploidy manipulations -- 7.5 Control of reproduction -- 7.6 Transgenic tilapia -- 7.7 Summary -- References -- 8 Strategies for tilapia seed production -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Development of tilapia seed production -- 8.3 Factors affecting reproductive success and hatchery efficiency -- 8.4 Hatchery systems -- 8.5 Nursing of tilapia -- 8.6 Systems comparison -- 8.7 Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Nutritional requirements -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Protein requirements -- 9.3 Lipid -- 9.4 Carbohydrate -- 9.5 Protein and energy relationships -- 9.6 Vitamins -- 9.7 Minerals -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Semi-intensive pond aquaculture -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Comparison of tilapias and carps -- 10.3 Culture systems -- 10.4 Pond fertilization -- 10.5 Supplementary feeding -- 10.6 Environmental concerns -- References -- 11 Production in intensive and recycle systems -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The suitability of tilapia for intensive production -- 11.3 System design and operation — theoretical and practical aspects -- 11.4 Practical development of intensive and recycle systems -- 11.5 Problems and constraints -- 11.6 Future directions -- References -- 12 Economics and marketing -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The tilapia marketing environment -- 12.3 Current supply features -- 12.4 Comparative production economics -- 12.5 The market for tilapia products -- 12.6 Prospective tilapia consumers -- 12.7 Marketing tilapia in the EU -- 12.8 Marketing tilapia in North America -- 12.9 Challenges for tilapia marketing -- 12.10 Potential directions and conclusions -- References -- Species index.…”

Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution by Xuhua Xia

Table of Contents: “…Installation of DAMBE and a Quick Start -- File Conversion -- Processing GenBank Files -- Accessing GenBank or Other Networked Computers -- Pair-wise and Multiple Sequence Alignment -- Factors Affecting Nucleotide and Di-Nucleotide Frequencies -- Case Study 1 -- Factors Affecting Codon Frequencies and Codon Usage Bias -- Case Study 2 -- Case Study 3 -- Evolution of Amino Acid Usage -- Pattern of Nucleotide Substitutions -- Preamble to the Pattern of Codon Substitution -- Factors Affecting Codon Substitutions -- Case Study 4 -- Substitution Pattern in Amino Acid Sequences -- A Statistical Digression -- Theoretical Background of Genetic Distances -- Molecular Phylogenetics: Concepts and Practice -- Testing the Molecular Clock Hypothesis -- Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses -- Fitting Probability Distributions To Substitutions Over Sites.…”

The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases