Medaka

1 A Glance at the Past of Medaka Fish Biology.-Part I Genomics, Genetics, and Resources.-2 Genetics, Genomics, and Biological Resources in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes.-3 Chromatin-Associated Periodicity in Genetic Variation Downstream of Transcriptional Start Sites.-4 Transposable Elements Tol1 and Tol2 5 A Systematic Screen for Mutations Affecting Organogenesis in Medaka.-Part II Organogenesis and Disease Models.-6 Medaka Bone Development.-7 Anatomical Atlas of Blood Vascular System of Medaka.-8 Kidney Development, Regeneration, and Polycystic Kidney Disease in Medaka.-9 Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Fish: The Analysis of a Novel Medaka Mutant Kintoun.-10 p53-Defi cient Medaka Created by TILLING.-11 Medaka Spontaneous Mutants for Body Coloration.-12 Craniofacial Traits.-13 Double Anal Fin (Da): A Medaka Mutant Exhibiting a Mirror-Image Pattern Duplication of the Dorsal-Ventral Axis.-Part III Germ Cells, Sex Determination, and Reproduction.-14 Interaction of Germ Cells and Gonadal Somatic Cells During Gonadal Formation.-15 Frequent Turnover of Sex Chromosomes in the Medaka Fishes.-16 Function of the Medaka Male Sex-Determining Gene.-17 The Sex-Determining Gene in Medaka.-18 Endocrine Regulation of Oogenesis in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes.-19 Interspecifi c Medaka Hybrids as Experimental Models for Investigating Cell Division and Germ Cell Development.-Part IV Evolution.-20 Reconstruction of the Vertebrate Ancestral Genome Reveals Dynamic Genome Reorganization in Early Vertebrates.-21 Genome Duplication and Subfunction Partitioning: Sox9 in Medaka and Other Vertebrates.-22 Human Population Genetics Meets Medaka.-23 Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex: A Lesson from the Oryzias Species.-24 Molecular Evolution of Teleostean Hatching Enzymes and Their Egg Envelope Digestion Mechanism: An Aspect of Co-Evolution of Protease and Substrate.-Index.

"In view of the abundance of the topics treated in this volume, the state-of-the-art information on Medaka genetics and genomics, the meaningful figures and diagrams (many are suitable for teachings), and the wealth of references, this volume is surely a 'must' for those working with this model organism, but it is also recommended to all researches interested in fish biology." (Hartmut Greven, Bulletin of Fish Biology, Vol. 15, 2015)