Macropods : the biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos /
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.
| Автор-организации: | CSIRO (Australia) |
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| Други автори: | Coulson, G. M., Eldridge, Mark Derek Bruce. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Pub.,
℗♭2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Macropods. |
Съдържание:
- 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.