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BL
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966073
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b720443
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Reproductive biology and phylogeny of Anura /\ volume edited by Barrie G.M. Jamieson.
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Enfield, NH :: Science Publishers,, ©2003.
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Reproductive biology and phylogeny ;; v. 2
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1 online resource (vii, 452 pages) :: illustrations (some color)
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1482280078
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: 1578082889
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: 1578086590
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: 9781482280074
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: 9781578082889
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: 9781578086597
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1578082889
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface to the Series -- Preface to this Volume -- Contents -- 1. An Overview of Anuran Phylogeny, Classification and Reproductive Modes -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 DEVELOPMENT OF ANURAN CLASSIFICATION -- 1.3 RELATIONSHIPS OF ANURANS WITH OTHER AMPHIBIANS -- 1.4 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN ANURA -- 1.4.1 Archaeobatrachia -- 1.4.2. Neobatrachia -- 1.6 CLASSIFICATION OF ANURA -- 1.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 1.8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1.9 LITERATURE CITED -- 2. The Gross Anatomy of the Reproductive System -- 2.1 ANATOMICAL CONSTRAINTS AND EVOLUTIONARY OPPORTUNITIES -- 2.2 THE OVARIES.
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2.3 THE OVIDUCTS -- 2.4 THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- 2.5 BIDDER'S ORGAN -- 2.6 LITERATURE CITED -- 3. Oogenesis -- 3.1 GERM PLASM AND PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS -- 3.1.1 Germ Plasm Segregation and Primordial Germ Cells Migration -- 3.1.2 Oogonial Proliferation -- 3.1.3 Molecular Composition of Germ Plasm -- 3.2 OOGENESIS AND FOLLICLE FORMATION -- 3.3 PREVITELLOGENESIS -- 3.3.1 Lampbrush Chromosomes -- 3.3.2 Oocyte Localization of Maternal mRNAs -- 3.3.3 Amplified Nucleoli -- 3.3.4 The Nuclear Envelope -- 3.4 VITELLOGENESIS -- 3.4.1 Hormonal Regulation of Vitellogenesis -- 3.4.2 Vitellogenin Pathway.
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3.4.3 Vitronectin-like Protein in Amphibian Yolk Platelets -- 3.5 POSTVITELLOGENESIS OR MATURITY -- 3.5.1 General Morphology of Full Grown Oocyte -- 3.5.2 Oocyte Metabolism -- 3.5.3 Oocyte Maturation -- 3.5.4 Regulation of the Meiotic Cycle -- 3.6 OOCYTE-SOMATIC CELL INTERACTIONS DURING OOGENESIS -- 3.6.1 Cell Interactions during Previtellogenesis -- 3.6.1.1. Vitelline Envelope Formation -- 3.6.2 Cell Interactions during Vitellogenesis -- 3.6.3 Cell Interactions during Postvitellogenesis -- 3.7 SUMMARY -- 3.8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 3.9 LITERATURE CITED -- 4. Endocrinology of Reproduction.
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4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. PINEAL GLAND -- 4.3 HYPOTHALAMUS -- 4.4 PITUITARY GLAND -- 4.5 OVARIAN HORMONES -- 4.5.1 Gonadal Steroids -- 4.5.2 Gonadal Peptidic Hormones -- 4.6 CONTROL OF OOCYTE MATURATION -- 4.7 OVULATION CONTROL -- 4.8 ANURAN OVIDUCT -- 4.8.1 Organization and Function -- 4.8.2 Annual Oviduct Cycle. Its Connection with the Ovarian Cycle and with the Circulating Sex Steroid Hormones -- 4.8.3 Hormonal Regulation of the Functional Morphology of Anuran Oviduct -- 4.9 SERUM BINDING PROTEIN -- 4.10 STEROID RECEPTORS -- 4.11 CONCLUSIONS -- 4.12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 4.13 LITERATURE CITED.
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5. Spermatogenesis and the Mature Spermatozoon: Form, Function and Phylogenetic Implications -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 SPERMATOGENESIS -- 5.3 MORPHOLOGY OF THE MATURE SPERMATOZOON -- 5.3.1 Introduction -- 5.3.2 Suborder ""Archaeobatrachia"" -- 5.3.3 Superfamily ""Discoglossoidea"" -- 5.3.4 Family Ascaphidae -- 5.3.6 Family Discoglossidae -- 5.3.7 Family Leiopelmatidae -- 5.3.8 Superfamily Pelobatoidea -- 5.3.9 Family Megophryidae -- 5.3.10 Faniily Pelobatidae -- 5.3.10.1 Spermatozoon of Pelobates -- 5.3.10.2 Spermatozoon of Scaphiopus and Spea -- 5.3.11 Family Pelodytidae.
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| Abstract
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Annotation
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Anura-- Phylogeny.
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Anura-- Reproduction.
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NATURE-- Animals-- Reptiles Amphibians.
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| Dewey Classification
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597.8
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| LC Classification
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QL668.E2R494 2003eb
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| Added Entry
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Jamieson, Barrie G. M., (Barrie Gillean Molyneux)
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