Amphibian Morphogenesis

Amphibian Morphogenesis by Harold Fox.

This book came about as a result of a review I had written earlier on fea­ tures of cellular changes occurring during anuran metamorphosis. Only a limited treatment of this subject was possible in such a circumscribed work and only specific examples of organic change were dealt with. Thus the sins o...

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Main Author: Fox, Harold. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 1984.
Edition:1st ed. 1984.
Series:Bioscience
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Animal systematics.
Animal taxonomy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Amphibians
  • 1. The Origin of the Amphibians
  • 2. Living Amphibians
  • 3. Metamorphosis in Urodeles
  • 4. Metamorphosis in Anurans
  • 5. General Consideration of the Endocrinal Mechanisms Responsible for Anuran Larval Metamorphosis 10
  • Section II. Staging of Embryonic and Larval Amphibians
  • 6. Anurans and Urodeles
  • 7. Caecilia (Apoda or Gymnophiona)
  • 8. Tables of Staged Specimens
  • Section III. Organic Origin, Development and Change In Anuran Larvae to the Completion of Metamorphosis
  • 9. Introduction
  • 10. The Thyroid Gland
  • 11. The Pituitary Gland
  • 12. The Hypothalamus and Median Eminence
  • 13. The Ultimobranchial Body
  • 14. The Parathyroid Glands
  • 15. The Larval Skeleton—Specific Features During Metamorphosis
  • 16. The Notochord
  • 17. The Central Nervous System
  • 18. Larval Musculature
  • 19. The Blood
  • 20. The External and Internal Gill Filaments
  • 21. Balancers
  • 22. Features of the Larval Respiratory System
  • 23. The Alimentary Canal
  • 24. The Pancreas
  • 25. The Liver
  • 26. The Pronephros
  • 27. The Lymph Glands
  • 28. The Skin of Amphibian Larvae
  • Section IV. Cellular Differentiation, Ontogeny, and Molecular Biology
  • 29. A Consideration of Cellular Diversity
  • 30. Early Cleavage Cells and Their Nucleocytoplasmic Relationship
  • 31. Cellular Differentiation During Embryogenesis to Premetamorphosis
  • 32. Appraisal of Morphological and Functional Cellular Changes During Metamorphosis
  • 33. Epilog
  • References
  • Species Index.

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