Macropods : the biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos /

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This book covers the proceedings of a major 2006 symposium on macropods that brought together the many recent advances in the biology of this diverse group of marsupials.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: CSIRO (Australia)
Other Authors: Coulson, G. M. (Graeme M.), Eldridge, Mark Derek Bruce
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2010.
Subjects:
Kangaroos > Australia.
Wallabies > Australia.
Potoroidae > Australia.
Kangourous > Australie.
Wallabies > Australie.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Kangaroos
Potoroidae
Wallabies
Kangourous.
Rats-kangourous.
Australia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contributors; Preface; Part I Genetics, reproduction and development; 1 Mapping genes on tammar wallaby target chromosomes; 2 Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system; 3 Marsupials as models for mammalian pre-natal development: the tammar wallaby; 4 Population genetic studies of the Macropodoidea: a review; 5 Sex chromosome microsatellites: new tools for macropodoid population ecology; 6 Sperm competition in the Macropodoidea: a review of evidence; 7 Dominance and paternity in the tammar wallaby.
  • 8 Strong matrilineal structuring in the brush-tailed rock-wallaby confirmed by spatial patterns of mitochondrial DNAPart II Morphology and physiology; 9 Energetic characteristics of macropodoid locomotion; 10 Development of endothermy and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Tasmanian bettong: a review; 11 Mechanistic explanations for drought-related mortality of juvenile red kangaroos: implications for population dynamics and; 12 Mesial drift and mesial shift in the molars of four species.

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