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Brief Survey of the Neuroendocrine System in Insects
This introductory chapter represents a condensed review of the components of the neuroendocrine system of insects and the effects of their...
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Energy metabolism and evaporative water loss in the California ground squirrel
Rates of metabolism and evaporative water loss were investigated in Spermophilus beecheyi . Special attention was paid to the influence of the...
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Orientation in Shore-Living Arthropods, Especially the Sand Fiddler Crab
The motile macrofauna of coastal and estuarine sand beaches is represented nearly exclusively by arthropods, particularly semiterrestiral marine...
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Learning in Gastropod Mollusks
Among the six classes of mollusks, apart from that on the cephalopods the greatest amount of work relating to behavioral and neuronal plasticity has...
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Correlation between neurosecretion and some physiological functions of the scorpionHeterometrus swammerdami
The diverse types of neurosecretory cells located in the brain and suboesophageal ganglion of the scorpion Heterometrus have shown morphological...
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Does the Holistic Study of Behavior have a Future?
D’arcy Thompson did not consider “what the Greeks called άρµονία” to be a proper subject for scientific investigation: “it is on another plane of...
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Cave Ecology and the Evolution of Troglobites
Obligatory cavernicoles, or troglobites, have traditionally been of special interest to evolutionary biologists for several reasons. The existence of...
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Developmental changes in genome activity in Drosophila lebanonensis casteeli pipkin
Puparium formation in Drosophila lebanonensis casteeli is obviously restricted to a certain phase in circadian oscillation. The question whether or...
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Imitation: A Review and Critique
Imitation in nonprimates is reviewed along theoretical and experimental lines. Difficulties with definitions and classifications of imitative...
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Cell Organelles and the Differentiation of Somatic Plant Cells
Organelles enable a diversity of chemical pathways to occur simultaneously within a single cell. The division of a cell into compartments must confer...
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Physiology of flower initiation
Flower initiation marks the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in seed plants. It is thus a crucial event in the life of these plants,...
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Estuaries
Estuaries represent a region of dynamic environmental encounter where water from a fresh-water system pours into the sea. From the viewpoint of a...
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Developmental Rhythms
During the last decades a wealth of data has accumulated on biological rhythms, not least the 24-hour cycle [66] In spite of this, little is known...
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Blüten- und Fruchtbildung. — Flower and fruit formation
Flower initiation marks the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in seed plants. It is thus a crucial event in the life of these plants,...