| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Animal science, issues and professions |
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Animal science, issues, and professions series.
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| Contents |
SNAILS ; SNAILS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS, BENTHIC DIATOMS AND METAMORPHOSIS IN A MARINE SNAIL ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; DIATOM ODORANTS CAN TRIGGER METAMORPHOSIS ; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS ARE RETAINED IN LARVAL MOLLUSCS ; NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITS METAMORPHOSIS ; GABA CAN INDUCE METAMORPHOSIS, BUT NOT IN ILYANASSA ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; PARASITISM AS A DETERMINING FACTOR OF MORPHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR IN FRESHWATER SNAILS -- WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE GREAT POND SNAIL LYMNAEA STAGNALIS (L.) ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS ; Snail Sampling ; Water Quality |
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Parasite Fauna RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; Parasitism and Snail Size ; Parasitism and Snail Behavior ; Effects of Snails on Parasites ; Lymnaea Stagnalis-Trichobilharzia Ocellata A Special Example of Snail-Trematode Interactions ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA: THE HISTORY OF AN INVADER; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Which Characteristics of Melanoides tuberculata Make it a Good Invader? ; Morphologic and Genetic Characteristics ; Diet Composition ; Habitat Requirements ; Life History and Reproductive Characteristics; DISTRIBUTION AND INVASION ; Native Distribution |
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Non Native Area: An Example from the New World EXISTING AND POTENTIAL IMPACT IN NON-NATIVE AREAS ; Impacts on Native Fauna ; Impact on Animal and Human Health ; Other Impacts ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; CONE SNAIL BIOLOGY, BIOPROSPECTING AND CONSERVATION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; CONE SNAIL BIOLOGY ; Taxonomy ; Habitat ; Reproductive Biology ; Behaviour ; Venom Apparatus ; Venom Pharmacology ; BIO-PROSPECTING ; CONSERVATION ; High Throughput Screening (HTS) Assays ; Mass Spectrometry ; Transcriptomics ; Sustainable Venom Production ; CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ; REFERENCES |
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THE ROLE OF THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR SNAIL IN DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER BIOLOGY ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; REGULATION OF SNAIL EXPRESSION ; THE ROLE OF SNAIL IN DEVELOPMENT ; ROLE OF SNAIL IN THE EPITHELIAL-TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION (EMT) AND CANCER METASTASIS ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS (SAY) AS AN ASSESSMENT ORGANISM IN ALGAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION STUDIES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS ; FEEDING PATTERNS AND DIGESTIVE DYNAMICS OF HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS ; DYNAMICS OF ESTIVATION IN HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS |
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RAISING HELISOMA TRIVOLVUS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS MATERIALS AND METHODS ; DISCUSSION ; REFERENCES ; THE IMPORTANCE OF MOISTURE IN THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF THE ARID-DWELLING LAND SNAIL IBERUS GUALTIERANUS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE STUDY SYSTEM ; SAMPLING METHOD ; RESULTS ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; ROBUSTNESS AND ADAPTIVE FLEXIBILITY OF THE PULMONATE'S BRAIN ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE REGENERATION OF TENTACLES ; THE REGENERATION OF THE PC ; DNA ENDOREPLICATION IN NEURONS ; EVOLUTION OF ROBUSTNESS/FLEXIBILITY OF THE PULMONATE'S BRAIN; REFERENCES |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Snails.
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Snails -- Ecology
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Snails -- Conservation
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Snails
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Snails
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Snails -- Ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hämäläinen, Emil M
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Järvinen, Sofia
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| ISBN |
9781621008163 |
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1621008169 |
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