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This volume is in honour of DaniA]le Guinot (MusA(c)um National
d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France), and was born out of our
admiration for DaniA]lea (TM)s immense contributions to her
discipline. A total of 35 of her colleagues have contributed to
this volume, submitting papers on those aspects of the Brachyura to
which DaniA]le, herself, has significantly contributed a "
taxonomy, evolution, morphology, palaeontology and general biology
of crabs.
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Behavioral and Neural Genetics of Zebrafish assembles the
state-of-the-art methodologies and current concepts pertinent to
their neurobehavioral genetics. Discussing their natural behavior,
motor function, learning and memory, this book focuses on the fry
and adult zebrafish, featuring a comprehensive account of modern
genetic and neural methods adapted to, or specifically developed
for, Danio rerio. Numerous examples of how these behavioral methods
may be utilized for disease models using the zebrafish are
presented, as is a section on bioinformatics and "big-data" related
questions.
Originally published in 1977, the objective of this book was to
examine the mechanisms by which the multiple factors or
determinants - homeostatic deficits, hormonal influences, circadian
rhythms, experiential and cognitive factors - become translated by
the central nervous system into thermoregulatory, feeding, sexual,
aggressive, and other behaviours. A conceptual framework has been
used that reflects relevant contributions from biology, regulatory
physiology, physiological psychology, and other neuroscience
disciplines. The final chapter deals with difficulties in
brain-behaviour research in relation to experimental strategies and
with crucial problems for future investigation.
Mutualisms, interactions between two species that benefit both of
them, have long captured the public imagination. Their influence
transcends levels of biological organization from cells to
populations, communities, and ecosystems. Mutualistic symbioses
were crucial to the origin of eukaryotic cells, and perhaps to the
invasion of land. Mutualisms occur in every terrestrial and aquatic
habitat; indeed, ecologists now believe that almost every species
on Earth is involved directly or indirectly in one or more of these
interactions. Mutualisms are essential to the reproduction and
survival of virtually all organisms, as well as to nutrient cycles
in ecosystems. Furthermore, the key ecosystem services that
mutualists provide mean that they are increasingly being considered
as conservation priorities, ironically at the same time as the
acute risks to their ecological and evolutionary persistence are
increasingly being identified. This volume, the first general work
on mutualism to appear in almost thirty years, provides a detailed
and conceptually-oriented overview of the subject. Focusing on a
range of ecological and evolutionary aspects over different scales
(from individual to ecosystem), the chapters in this book provide
expert coverage of our current understanding of mutualism whilst
highlighting the most important questions that remain to be
answered. In bringing together a diverse team of expert
contributors, this novel text captures the excitement of a dynamic
field that will help to define its future research agenda.
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