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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.

Advances in Zoology Research: Volume 5

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      Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: 10/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781624178023, 978-1624178023
      ISBN10: 1624178022
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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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