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The significance of zoochromes.

Title
The significance of zoochromes.
Author
Needham, A. E. (Arthur Edwin)
Publication
Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1974.

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Description
xx, 429 pages illustrations.
Series Statement
Zoophysiology and ecology, v. 3
Uniform Title
Zoophysiology and ecology ; v. 3.
Subject
  • Animal pigments
  • Chromatophores
  • Pigments
  • Animals > Color
  • Chromatophores
  • Pigmentation
  • animal pigment
  • pigment
  • Pigments
  • Animals > Color
  • Animal pigments
  • Pigment
  • Tiere
  • Fisiologia Animal
Genre/Form
  • Significance.
  • Zoochromes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 355-404.
Contents
Basis and significance of colour in molecules -- The chemical classes of zoochrome -- The taxonomic distribution of zoochromes -- Distribution and state of zoochromes in the body -- The functions of integumental zoochromes -- Zoochromes and sensory perceptions -- Oxidation-reduction functions of zoochromes -- Zoochromes that transport oxygen -- Zoochromes in other aspects of metabolism -- Pathological states involving zoochromes -- Zoochromes in reproduction and development -- The evidence from chromogenic pathways -- Evidence from the control of the supply of biochromes -- The development of integumental colour-patterns -- The genetic basis of chromogenesis -- Zoochromes and evolution -- General assessment.
ISBN
  • 9783540063315
  • 3540063315
  • 0387063315
  • 9780387063317
LCCN
73081287
OCLC
  • ocm01005038
  • 1005038
  • SCSB-297834
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library