ADVANCES IN ZOOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 6

ADVANCES IN ZOOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 6

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: RODENT MODELS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS

ABSTRACT

BRAIN TUMOR MODELS

RODENT - BRAIN STEM TUMOR MODELS

RODENT BRAIN METASTATIC MODEL

RODENT - INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD TUMOR MODELS

RODENT - INTRAOSSEOUS SPINAL CORD TUMOR MODELS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: IN THE WINGS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: “YOU HAVE TO BE GENTLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU TOUCH”

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

AT THE EDGE OF THE WINDOWPANE: EVANESCENCE, FREEDOM AND JOY

CONCLUSION: BUTTERFLIES ON THE DOORFRAME

PUBLICATION NOTE

Chapter 3: COMPARISON BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL WITH FUNGI (DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS AND MONACROSPORIUM THAUMASIUM) AND CHEMICAL CONTROL (MOXIDECTIN) OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODIASIS IN BEEF CATTLE OF TROPICAL SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ADVANCES IN ZOOGEOGRAPHY: MICRO-SPACES OF AVIAN FORAGING AND HUMAN PRESENCE

ABSTRACT

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL THEORY

THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF MICRO-SPACES

ALERT AND FLIGHT DISTANCES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF COUGARS AND OTHER LARGE CARNIVORES IN CANADA AND EL SALVADOR

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE CASE OF THE COUGAR PUMA CONCOLOR AND THE LARGER SYMPATRIC CARNIVORES

THE COUGAR AND THE JAGUAR

THE COUGAR AND THE BROWN BEAR

THE COUGAR AND THE BLACK BEAR

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER

THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE

COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: PATTERN FORMATION AND DIVERSITY IN BUTTERFLY WINGS: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BUTTERFLY WING

3. TWO TYPES OF PATTERNS – COLOR PATTERN AND CELLULAR PATTERN

4. CELLULAR PATTERN FORMATION – EXPERIMENTS AND MODEL

5. COLOR PATTERN FORMATION

6. LOCAL COLOR PATTERN FORMATION – EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS

7. GLOBAL COLOR PATTERN FORMATION: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS

8. FACTORS OF DIVERSIFICATION OF WING COLOR PATTERNS

9. INTEGRATION OF KEY ASPECTS OF DIVERSITY IN WING PATTERNS

CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: D-AMINO-ACID OXIDASE IN RODENTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PROCEDURES

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: THE RACCOON DOG (NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES) IN THE COMMUNITY OF MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES IN EUROPE: ITS ADAPTATIONS, IMPACT ON NATIVE FAUNA AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1. AN ADAPTABLE CARNIVORE

2. A VACANT NICHE? RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES

3. PREDATION ON NATIVE FAUNA

4. MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: DIVERSITY OF PARASITIC NEMATODES OF MARINE FISHES FROM THE GULF OF THAILAND

ABSTRACT

SUBCLASS ADENOPHOREA

SUBCLASS SECERNENTEA

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: THE ROLE OF SNAILS IN RENAL EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EMT IN KIDNEY FIBROSIS

INDUCERS OF EMT AND THEIR SIGNALLING PATHWAYS IN CULTURED RENAL PROXIMAL TUBULE CELLS

SIGNALLING PATHWAYS IN EMT- IN VIVO EVIDENCE

THE ROLE OF SNAIL IN RENAL EMT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX