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Snails : biology, ecology, and conservation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science Publisher's,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Animal science, issues, and professions series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SNAILS ; SNAILS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS, BENTHIC DIATOMS AND METAMORPHOSIS IN A MARINE SNAIL ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; DIATOM ODORANTS CAN TRIGGER METAMORPHOSIS ; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS ARE RETAINED IN LARVAL MOLLUSCS ; NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITS METAMORPHOSIS ; GABA CAN INDUCE METAMORPHOSIS, BUT NOT IN ILYANASSA ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; PARASITISM AS A DETERMINING FACTOR OF MORPHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR IN FRESHWATER SNAILS
- WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE GREAT POND SNAIL LYMNAEA STAGNALIS (L.) ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS ; Snail Sampling ; Water Quality.
- Parasite Fauna RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; Parasitism and Snail Size ; Parasitism and Snail Behavior ; Effects of Snails on Parasites ; Lymnaea Stagnalis-Trichobilharzia Ocellata A Special Example of Snail-Trematode Interactions ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA: THE HISTORY OF AN INVADER; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Which Characteristics of Melanoides tuberculata Make it a Good Invader? ; Morphologic and Genetic Characteristics ; Diet Composition ; Habitat Requirements ; Life History and Reproductive Characteristics; DISTRIBUTION AND INVASION ; Native Distribution.
- Non Native Area: An Example from the New World EXISTING AND POTENTIAL IMPACT IN NON-NATIVE AREAS ; Impacts on Native Fauna ; Impact on Animal and Human Health ; Other Impacts ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; CONE SNAIL BIOLOGY, BIOPROSPECTING AND CONSERVATION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; CONE SNAIL BIOLOGY ; Taxonomy ; Habitat ; Reproductive Biology ; Behaviour ; Venom Apparatus ; Venom Pharmacology ; BIO-PROSPECTING ; CONSERVATION ; High Throughput Screening (HTS) Assays ; Mass Spectrometry ; Transcriptomics ; Sustainable Venom Production ; CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ; REFERENCES.
- THE ROLE OF THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR SNAIL IN DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER BIOLOGY ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; REGULATION OF SNAIL EXPRESSION ; THE ROLE OF SNAIL IN DEVELOPMENT ; ROLE OF SNAIL IN THE EPITHELIAL-TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION (EMT) AND CANCER METASTASIS ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS (SAY) AS AN ASSESSMENT ORGANISM IN ALGAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION STUDIES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS ; FEEDING PATTERNS AND DIGESTIVE DYNAMICS OF HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS ; DYNAMICS OF ESTIVATION IN HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS.
- RAISING HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS MATERIALS AND METHODS ; DISCUSSION ; REFERENCES ; THE IMPORTANCE OF MOISTURE IN THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF THE ARID-DWELLING LAND SNAIL IBERUS GUALTIERANUS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE STUDY SYSTEM ; SAMPLING METHOD ; RESULTS ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; ROBUSTNESS AND ADAPTIVE FLEXIBILITY OF THE PULMONATE'S BRAIN ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE REGENERATION OF TENTACLES ; THE REGENERATION OF THE PC ; DNA ENDOREPLICATION IN NEURONS ; EVOLUTION OF ROBUSTNESS/FLEXIBILITY OF THE PULMONATE'S BRAIN; REFERENCES.