The Biology of Ascidians

H. Sawada, H. Yokosawa, C.C. Lambert (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

470 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-66984-5 (ISBN)

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Ascidians are the invertebrate group that gave rise to vertebrates, thus the biology of ascidians provides an essential key to understanding both invertebrates and vertebrates. This book is the first to cover all areas of ascidian biology, including development, evolution, biologically active substances, heavy metal accumulation, asexual reproduction, host-defense mechanisms, allorecognition mechanisms, comparative immunology, neuroscience, taxonomy, ecology, genome science, and food science. The 69 articles that make up the collection were contributed by leading ascidiologists from all over the world who participated in the First International Symposium on the Biology of Ascidians, held in June 2000 in Sapporo, Japan. For scientists and students alike, the book is an invaluable source of information from the latest, most comprehensive studies of ascidian biology.

1. Fertilization and Egg Activation.- 2. Reproductive Biology and Neuroscience.- 3. Development, Differentiation, and Evolution.- 4. Taxonomy and Ecology.- 5. Colonial Ascidians.- 6. Biologically Active Substances.- 7. Heavy Metals.- 8. Host-Defense Mechanisms.- 9. Food Science.- Key word index.

Zusatzinfo	XXVII, 470 p.
Verlagsort	Tokyo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	ascidian • Ecology • Embryology • Fertilization • immunology • tunicate
ISBN-10	4-431-66984-1 / 4431669841
ISBN-13	978-4-431-66984-5 / 9784431669845
Zustand	Neuware