This book presents a comprehensive review of various biological and ecological studies in animal science, including their embryology, evolution, classification, habitats and distribution. Topics discussed herein include the prophenoloxidase system in insects; cloacae, cloacal glands and female sperm storage in giant salamanders; anxiety, aggression and social behaviour in zebrafish; the shifting and transition mode of vertebrate genome evolution; fish lectins; nutritional consequences of extreme sexual size dimorphism; feeding behaviour of herbivores in rocky outcrops of north-western Patagonia; the morpho-physiology of the brown dog tick; vertebrate biodiversity and its relationship to peptide hormone evolution; classification of dinosaurs from the anatomical viewpoint; allergen exposure and the development of insect bite hypersensitivity in horses.
| ISBN-13: | 9781624178023 |
| ISBN-10: | 1624178022 |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 2013 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 249 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 10 Inches, Length: 7.25 Inches, Weight: 1.4770971554 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches |
| Author: | Owen P. Jenkins |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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