Zoology and animal sciences

Mites are very small animals, characterized by wingless and eyeless bodies, in which sociality has been discovered.

Mechanical stress is vital to the functioning of the body, especially for tissues such as bone, muscle, heart, and vessels.

Kruppel-like factors (KLFs) are attracting great attention across a wide spectrum of biological sciences and medicine because of their remarkable biological potency and the diversity of roles they play in the physiological and pathological changes of cells and tissues.

Malignant neoplasms occurring in the biliary tract and pancreas remain a therap- tic challenge.

As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science.

Developments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins.

The aim of this book is to provide experimental protocols covering many aspects of glycobiology, glycotechnology, and chemistry: biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, and medicine.

The aim of this book is to provide experimental protocols covering many aspects of glycobiology, glycotechnology, and chemistry: biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, and medicine.

In recent years nobody could have failed to notice the frequent and often sensati- alist media headlines warning of the latest global disease threat to humankind.

This book presents selected works of contemporary evolutionary morphologists and includes such topics as broad scale reconstructions of the brain and ear of dinosaurs, inference of locomotor habits from cancellous bone architecture in fossil primates, and a comparison of the independently evolved manipulating apparatuses in the lesser and giant pandas.

Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is being spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones.

This first volume in a projected series contains the proceedings of the first of the Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine under the sponsorship of the Keio University Medical Science Fund.

In this compendium of current studies on olfaction and taste - the most comprehensive yet to appear in this series - the chemical senses are elucidated from points of view ranging from anatomy, electrophysiology, molecular biology (especially chemoreceptor gene cloning), biochemistry, and psychophysics to the latest clinical and technological applications of chemosensory research.

Nearly thirty million species of organisms are believed to now live on Earth.

It is essential to know all of the intricate lymph pathways when performing surgery for esophageal cancer in order to determine the extent of lymph node metastasis.

Comparative investigations of mineralization and demineralization mechanisms by leading researchers give a general perspective on this interdisciplinary field of the life sciences and an introduction to current research methods and concepts.

Various kinds of mineralization have been found in many biological systems.

I started insect cell culture work in 1962, when T.

Ascidians are the invertebrate group that gave rise to vertebrates, thus the biology of ascidians provides an essential key to understanding both invertebrates and vertebrates.

In a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder.

Biological diversity, or biodiversity, refers to the universal attribute of all living organisms that each individual being is unique - that is, no two organisms are identical.

As a food resource in both Eastern and Western countries, the eel is an important fish.

This book is the first digital atlas of the degu brain with microscopic features simultaneously in Nissl sections and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

This book provides accurate, comprehensive, and convenient reference for usages of the "e;freely rotatable three dimensional combined Nissl-stained and MRI digital data of the marmoset brain"e;.

This book presents a new view on the evolution of the brain, cognition, and emotion.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of mutualism origin, plant-pollinator specificity, mutualism stability, and reciprocal diversification.

This book presents a new, detailed examination that explains how elegant brains have been shaped in evolution.

This book describes about 30 years of theoretical, empirical, and experimental work on butterfly sperm competition.

Why do females in male-philopatric species seem to show larger variation in their life history strategies than males in female-philopatric species?

There is more to biological rhythms than circadian clocks.

This book provides a series of comprehensive views on various important aspects of vertebrate photoreceptors.

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to emotion, with contributions from biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, robot engineers, and artists.

In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome were published.

The Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Hindu Kush-Himalayas form a trio of terrains sometimes called "e;the three poles"e;.

Carabid ground beetles, sometimes called "e;walking jewels"e;, are among the most thoroughly investigated insects in the world.

The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans.

Where We Stand Field workers-scientists of animal (including human!

Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) have been studied by primatologists since 1948, and considerable knowledge of the primate has been accumulated to elucidate the adaptation of the species over time and to distinct environments in Japan.

Loss of biodiversity on tropical and subtropical oceanic islands is one of the most pressing conservation issues.

Small mammals are among the most ubiquitous and important components of terrestrial ecosystems.

This book is the result of an international symposium on gall-inducing arthropods, which was held September 5-9, 2005, in Kyoto, Japan.

From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature.

Each and every hair is much more than just the visible shaft-there are also associated complex sheath structures of epidermal and dermal origin.

Biologists and anthropologists in Japan have played a crucial role in the development of primatology as a scientific discipline.

This book introduces recent progress in the study of species diversity and community structures in terrestrial organisms conducted by three groups at Kyoto University.

The rapid progress of neuroscience in the last decade can be largely attributed to significant advances in neuroethology, a branch of science that seeks to understand the neural basis of natural animal behavior.

This book summarizes recent advances in understanding of the mammalian and fish olfactory system and provides perspective on the translation of external odor information into appropriate motivational and behavioral responses.

Für den Schreiber, Denker und Dichter Giacomo Leopardi sind Vögel "die fröhlichsten Geschöpfe auf der Welt" – von den volatilen Wesen bezaubert ist auch unser Autor.

Auf den Spuren eines der unglaublichsten Naturereignisse: die abenteuerlichen Reisen der Tiere um den Planeten.

Do you wish your dog would listen to you on walks, rather than running after squirrels?