Freshwater mussel ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a multifactor approach to distribution and abundance / / David L. Strayer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454254003321
• Autore: Strayer David Lowell <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-520-91614-X; 1-281-75269-X; 9786611752699; 0-520-94252-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Freshwater ecology series ; ; v. 1
• Disciplina: 594/.4176; B
• Soggetti: Freshwater mussels - Ecology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: THE LABORATORY -- Part 2: THE MONSTER'S PARTS -- Part 3: MAKING THE MONSTER WALK -- Literature Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and economically valuable as sources of food, pearls, and mother-of-pearl. Today, however, hundreds of species of these mussels are extinct or endangered. David L. Strayer provides a critical synthesis of the factors that control the distribution and abundance of pearly mussels. Using empirical analyses and models, he assesses the effects of dispersal, habitat quality, availability of fish hosts, adequate food, predators, and parasites. He also addresses conservation issues that apply to other inhabitants of fresh waters around the globe and other pressing issues in contemporary ecology.

Advances in evolutionary developmental biology / / edited by J. Todd Streelman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810320403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-70744-3; 1-118-70746-X; 1-118-70734-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): StreelmanJ. Todd (Jeffrey Todd)
• Disciplina: 571.8
• Soggetti: Developmental biology; Evolution (Biology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1: "The Genetic Tool-Kit": The Life-History of an Important Metaphor; Introduction; Historical Background to the Term; From "Homeotic Genes" (and "Homeoboxes") to the General Idea of Key Regulatory Genes with Conserved Developmental Functions; The Genetic Tool-Kit: The Seminal Findings That Led to its Coinage and the Key Idea; The Genetic Tool-Kit as a Non-Answer to the Question of Evolutionary Diversification within the Animal Kingdom; Thinking about How GRNs Are "Rewired": Two Approaches; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References2: The Evolution of Sex Determination in Animals; Introduction; Evo-Devo of Sex Determination; The Origin of Network Novelty; Evolution of Genotypic Sex Determination; The Developmental Basis of GSD; Evolutionary Transitions between Genotypic Sex-Determining Systems; GSD and the Evolution of Sex Chromosomes; Evolution of Environment-Dependent Sex Determination; The Developmental Basis of ESD; Evolutionary Transitions between Environment-Dependent Sex-Determining Systems; From ESD to GSD and Back Again; Suggestions for Future Work; Acknowledgments; References; 3: The Evolution and Development of Eusocial Insect BehaviorThe Path from Solitary Life to Advanced Social Living; Eusociality: Defining the Extremes of Social Life; The Starting Point: A Solitary Life Cycle; Aggregations; Communal Nesting; Primitive Eusociality; Advanced Eusociality; Ultimate Explanations for Reproductive Division of Labor; What Could Natural Selection Act Upon to Build Eusocial Insect Societies?; Genomic Approaches; A Targeted Approach: Social Co-Option of Solitary Ground Plans; Reproductive Physiology as a Behavioral Regulator; Reproductive Ground Plan Hypothesis; Epigenetics: A New Understanding of the Regulation of Social LifeGenomic Patterns of DNA Methylation: A Substrate for Natural Selection?; The Proposed Functional Roles of DNA Methylation; The Role of DNA Methylation in Eusocial Developmental Plasticity and Evolution; The Putative Role of DNA Methylation in Behavior and Social Behavioral Evolution; Social Insect Evolution: A Quickly Advancing Field; References; 4: Evo-Devo on Chip; Introduction; Interrogating Developmental Mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster Using Microdevices; Microfluidic Advances for Developmental and Behavioral Studies in C. elegansMicrofluidic Culture Systems for Studying Genetic and Environmental Effects on D. rerio Development; Mammalian Embryonic Development in Microsystems; Conclusion; References; 5: From Black and White to Shades of Gray: Unifying Evo-Devo through the Integration of Molecular and Quantitative Approaches; Introduction; The Geometry of Development: A Quantitative Approach; A Brief Review of GMs; How GM Can Be Used to Study the Evolution of Development; Size and Shape Relationships: How Can Allometry Inform Us about the Process of Evolution?
• Sommario/riassunto: Providing outstanding breadth of coverage in evo-devo, Advances in Evolutionary Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive review of the milestones of research in evolution and development and outlines the exciting research agenda for the field going forward. Compiling the viewpoints of a diverse group of field experts, this timely text expands the now-mature science of evo-devo into more complex areas of research. This essential reference is destined to become the go-to source for ideas and hypotheses for a new generation of graduate students in evolutionary and developmental biolo