part SECTION 1 Fish Cytogenetics in Systematics and Evolution -- chapter Chromosomal Differentiation in Bitterlings (Pisces, Cyprinidae) / Takayoshi Ueda -- chapter Chromosome Variability in Gymnotiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) / Lurdes Foresti de Almeida-Toledo, Maria de Fatima Zambelli Daniel-Silva, Cinthia Bachir Moysés and Fausto Foresti -- chapter The Evolutionary Role of Hybridization and Polyploidy in an Iberian Cyprinid Fish-A Cytogenetic Review / Marta Gromicho -- chapter Chromosomal Changes and Stasis in Marine Fish Groups -- chapter Karyotypic Evolution in Neotropical Fishes / Claudio Oliveira, Lurdes Foresti de Almeida-Toledo and Fausto Foresti -- chapter Chromosomal Evolution in Mugilidae, Mugilomorpha: An Overview / Luciana Sola -- chapter Chromosome Evolution in the Neotropical Erythrinidae Fish Family: An Overview / Luiz Antonio Carlos Bertollo -- part SECTION 2 Fish Cytogenetics and Biodiversity Conservation -- chapter Cytogenetics as a Tool in Fish Conservation: The Present Situation in Europe / Petr Ráb -- chapter Cytogenetic Studies and Reproductive Strategies of an Invasive Fish Species, the Silver Crucian Carp (Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch) / Eszter Patakiné Várkonyi -- part SECTION -- Fish Cytogenetics in Stock Assessment and Aquaculture -- chapter Chromosomal Analysis in Population Structuring and Stock Identification: Robertsonian Polymorphism in the White Sea Herring (Clupea pallasi marisalbi) / Dmitry L. Lajus -- part SECTION 4 Fish Cytogenetics and Genomics -- chapter FISH Analysis of Fish Transposable Elements: Tracking Down Mobile DNA in Teleost Genomes / Agnès Dettai -- chapter Polyploidy in Acipenseriformes: Cytogenetic and Molecular Approaches / Francesco Fontana -- chapter Diversity in Isochore Structure and Chromosome Banding in Fish / Gloria G. Fortes, Carmen Bouza, Ana Viñas, Paulino Martínez and Laura S nchez -- chapter 4.4 Chromosomes and Repetitive DNAs: A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fish Genome / Cesar Martins -- chapter Application of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) to Genome Mapping in Fishes / Ruth B. Phillips -- chapter 4.6 Molecular Markers in Cartilaginous Fish Cytogenetics / Lucia Rocco -- chapter Color Plate Section -- Section I: Chapter 1.3.

"In the past 20 years, fish cytogenetics has become an essential tool in fields as diverse as systematics and evolution, conservation, aquaculture and more recently, genomics. This book is organized in four sections (systematics and evolution; biodiversity conservation; stock assessment and aquaculture; genomics) covering the major fields of present fish cytogenetic research. The eighteen contributions from thirteen countries which make up this book, provide a comprehensive picture of the ongoing research around the world. Due to the diversified arrays of themes approached, including speciation and evolution, biodiversity and conservation and genomics, the book is addressed not only to specialists in cytogenetics but to all scientists interested in fish biology."--Provided by publisher.