Zoology and animal sciences

During the past two decades, a significant international research effort has been di- rected toward understanding the composition and regulation of the preocular tear film.

There are over a million different species of insects, and individually they 8 outnumber humans by more than 10 to 1.

Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction is the only comprehensive textbook covering major topics in the reproductive biology of vertebrates, from sexuality and gametogenesis to reproductive ecology and life history tactics.

This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the field of vasopressin and oxytocin.

Relying on the latest analytical techniques, this all-embracing new reference offers comprehensive coverage of the development, evolution, and morphology of both fossil and living cephalopods.

Experienced and novice holographers receive a solid foundation in the theory and practice of holography, the next generation of imaging technology, in this superb text.

By the end of the 19th century both beaver species had been extirpated from large portions of their native ranges.

Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs of Madagascar.

Since the advent of the Human Genome Project, an increasing number of disease-causing genes have been discovered and, in some cases, genetic tests developed.

This book is intended as a text for a first course on creating and analyzing computer simulation models of biological systems.

Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial community.

From the Chapman & Hall Microbiology Series this unique resource offers specific experimental and practical applications of mathematical modeling in microbial ecology.

Membrane interaction is a large research area involving various disciplines.

The success of vaccination in controlling infectious diseases is well documented.

Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium held in Vienna, Austria, September 6-12, 1997

The field of DNA repair is vast and advancing rapidly.

The "e;Progress in Cell Cycle Research"e; series is dedicated to serve as a collection of reviews on various aspects of the cell division cycle, with special emphasis on less studied aspects.

Plant based biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty-first century.

Biogeography relates the evolution of the Earth's biota to major episodes in the Earth's history such as climatic changes and plate tectonic events.

The field of olfactory research and chemical communication is in the early stages of revolutionary change, and many aspects of this revolution are reflected in the chapters in this book.

In the course of history, humans have attempted to interrupt the physiological and psychological bond formed between a nursing mother and her child by substituting breastfeeding with artificial formulas.

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Experimental Embryology in Aquatic Plant and Animal Organisms"e; was attended by more than 70 participants, including 15 invited main lecturers from 18 different countries.

The International Scientific Symposium on Fibrinogen, Thrombosis, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis was held in Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, on August 30 - September 1, 1989.

The ability of neoplastic cells to survive exposure to various chemotherapeutic drugs represents the main obstacle to successful cancer chemotherapy.

What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses?

In the ten-year interval since the first edition of this volume went to press, our knowledge of extracellular matrix (ECM) function and structure has enor- mously increased.

This volume contains the papers which were presented at the First Altschul Symposium, Atherosclerosis: Cellular and Molecular Interactions in the Artery Wall.

This monograph contains the proceedings from the Advanced Study Institute on "e;Vascular Endothelium: Physiological Basis of Clinical Problems"e; which took place in Corfu, Greece in June 1990.

During recent years the subject of extreme environments and extremophiles has become a central topic in modern Biology.

Recent progress in molecular biology has led to a rapid expansion of our understanding of the proteins that are essential for hemostasis and thrombosis.

There is a marked and most unfortunate dichotomy in the studies of avian eggs and hence in the application of new findings in commerce.

The data, the information, and even the overarching knowledge necessary for risk assessments of economically important environmental carcinogens come, for the most part, from the applied biological disciplines, e.

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Porto Conte (Alghero), Sardinia, September 15-27, 1991.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled "e;The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics"e; was held May 10-15, 1992, in the Maison d'H6tes of the Centre d'Etudes Nuc1eaires de Cadarache near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.

A very early step in microbial colonization and pathogenesis is that involving recog- nition of the host by the microbe.

Assembling the latest research by an international group of contributors, this volume covers the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, and control measures of this elusive microorganism.

In this volume, a distinguished international group of contributors present the latest molecular, organismal, and epidemiological research on arenaviruses.

~he major theme of this book is the development of the vertebrate central nervous system.

This book was developed from the proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, subdivision of Natural Products Symposium "e;Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Secondary Natural Products"e; held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 1991.

Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans.

Recent years have seen tremendous advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanism of platelet activation.