An atlas of mammalian chromosomes. 6

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An Atlas

of Mamma lian Chromosomes. by T. C. Hsu & K. Benirschke. Berlin,

Edited

New York:

Springer-Verlag

200 pp., 50 pls, bibl., A new volume

of this well-known

atlas.

Three

index.

(1971). Paper.

folios of interesting

6 Heidelberg,

A vol in-4’,

xliv +

$14.80. Primate

karyotypes

are added. Contents

Mars&&a: Didelphidae-Didelphis albiuentris, Marmosa robinsoni, Monodelphis breoicaudatata, Philander opposum; Dasyuridae-Dasyurops maculatus, Sminthopsis crassicaud. Insectioora: SoricidaASuncus murinus. Ednttata: Dasypodidae-Euphractus sexcinctus. macconnelli, Urodcrma bilobatum, Chiroptera: Natalidae-Natalus tumidirostris; Phyllostomidae-Mesophylla Uroderma magnirostrum; Vespertilionidae-Myotis macrodactylus. Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae-Ochotona hyperborea, Ochotonaprinceps. Rodentia: Sciuridae-Eutamias amoenus, S&us niger; Cricetidae-Akodon urichi, Cricetulus migratorius, Peromyscus polionotus, Micro&s canicaudq Microtus ochrogaster, Phenacomys intermedius, Merioncs unguiculatus; Muridae-Acomys cahirinus (two karyotypes), Apodemus agrarius, ApodemusJlavicollis, Apodemus microps, Apodemus speciosus; Chinehillida~Lagostomus maximus; CapromyidaGapromys pilorides. Cetacea: Balaenopteridae-Balaenoptera physalus. Camioora : Mustelidae--Eira barbara, Enhydra Uris, Martes americana, Melogale moschata. Proboscidea: Elephantidae-Loxodonta africana. Hyracoidea: Procaviidae-Procavia capensis. Perissodactyla: Equidae-Equus grevyi. Artiodac~la : Cervidae-Muntiacus muntjak; Bovidae-Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus dorcas, Ovis orientalis, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus angasi, Tragelaphus strepsiceros nigroviridis, Cercopithecusascanius. Primates: Cebidae-Aotus trioirgatus; Cercopithecidae-Allenopithecus

Introduction

to Mathematics

(Biomathematics, By E. Batschelet.

Berlin,

Heidelberg,

Vet-lag (1971). A vol. in-S’, bib]., index. Cloth. DM 49. Mathematical biology

methods

and medicine,

have

become

a major

such as physiology,

for Life Scientists

2)

research

ecology,

New York:

xiv + 496

tool in various

genetics,

pp.,

Springer200 figs.,

disciplines

and biochemistry.

Journal of Human Evolution (1973) 2, 165-169

of

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