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Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates
Tony Hutson illuminates the nocturnal world of bats and examines
how they have adapted to habitats in every corner of the world.
Beginning with the fossil record and what it reveals about their
relationship to other mammals, Hutson discusses their unique
aerodynamics and their extraordinary feats of echolocation. He
discusses their life cycle, diet and foraging strategy, breeding,
roosting, and migration patterns as well as their predators,
parasites, and man-made threats to their ecosystem. Bats are
long-lived mammals which can form enormous colonies containing tens
of millions of creatures, a concentration of mammals paralleled
only by human cities. Topically, the book looks at the viruses
harboured and tolerated by bats and their impact on humans. The
book also contains an appendix of bat families and subfamilies and
gives details of the number of genera or species, distribution,
size, roost habitat and diet.
In collaboration with the Born Free Foundati on, Templar presents a
series of true-life animal adventure stories, designed to bring
some of today''s important wildlif e and conservation issues into
the hearts and minds of a new generation of readers. '
The Zebrafish in Biomedical Research: Biology, Husbandry, Diseases,
and Research Applications is a comprehensive work that fulfills a
critical need for a thorough compilation of information on this
species. The text provides significant updates for working vivarium
professionals maintaining zebrafish colonies, veterinarians
responsible for their care and well-being, zoologists and
ethologists studying the species, and investigators using the
species to gain critical insights into human physiology and
disease. As the zebrafish has become an important model organism
for the study of vertebrate development and disease, organ
function, behavior, toxicology, cancer, and drug discovery, this
book presents an important resource for future research.
Vertebrate Skeletal Development, Volume 133, the latest release in
the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, presents
interesting chapters on a variety of topics, with this edition
focusing on Craniofacial skeletal development, Regulatory mechanism
of jawbone and tooth development, Development of the axial skeleton
and intervertebral discs, Stem and progenitor cells in skeletal
development, Origin, functioning and morphogenetic activity of limb
synovial joint, ECM signaling in cartilage development and
endochondral ossification, Sox genes in skeletal development,
Wnt-Signaling in Skeletal Development, Gas signaling in skeletal
development and diseases, FGF signaling in skeletal development,
Bone morphogenetic growth factors in bone development, and more.
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