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Zusatztext "The author provides a thorough scholarly apparatus! including an exhaustive reference list along with separate author! species! and subject indices. The figures are clean! and the hundreds of tables are useful synopses of the material being discussed. Most references are from 1990 to 2010. Having them in one volume will be valuable to graduate students or faculty who use the work as a reference book."--L. T. Spencer! emeritus! Plymouth State University! CHOICE August 2018 Informationen zum Autor T.J. Pandian: Visiting Professor! CAS Marine Biology! Annamalai University! Tamil Nadu! India. Zusammenfassung Molluscs are comprised of edible abalones, snails, mussels, oysters, cuttlefish, and squids. With chapters focusing on sexual and asexual reproduction, aestivation, and how to determine sex, this book will be a valuable tool for marine biologists studying the endogenic biosynthesis and sexual differentiation of molluscans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Molluscan Science Taxonomy and Distribution Thermal Vents and Cold Seeps Energy Budgets Life Span and Generation Time Spermatogenesis and Fertilization Ontogenetic Development Locomotion and Dispersal Molluscan Fisheries Shell and Reproduction Structure and Diversity Latitudes! Predators and Parasites Shell and Resource Allocation Symmetry and Sinistrals Chemical Defense Sexual Reproduction Reproductive Systems Gonochorism Pathenogenesis Hermaphroditism Mates and Mating Systems Alternative Mating System (AMS) Multiple Paternity Encapsulation and Nurse Eggs Poecilogony and Dispersal Dimorphism Brood Protection and Viviparity Fecundity Regeneration and Asexual Reproduction Gastropods Clio pyrimidata Aestivation Seasonal Aestivation Tidal Aestivation 'Biological Weapon' Sex Determination Inheritance of Color and Symmetry Karyotypes and Heterogametism Spawning Induction and Cryopreservation Ploidy Induction and Gigantism Mitochondrial Genome Sex Determination Models Sex Differentiation Neuroendocrines Steroid Hormones Endocrines Disruption Parasitic Disruption Ocean Acidification Chemistry of Seawater Pelagic Molluscs Benthic Molluscs Persistent Carry-over Effects Effects on Prey-Predators Uniqueness of Molluscs Shell and Iteroparity Gamete Diversity Gigantism and Polyploidy Sexuality and Paternity Double Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) Vertebrate Type Steroids Aestivation vs Cysts References ...
