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xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Circadian organizaiton and the photoperiodic phenomena / C.S. Pittendrigh -- Photoreception and the clock / W. Engelmann -- Flowering hormones and inhibitors in photoperiodism / W.W. Schwabe -- Photoperiodic control of tocopherol oxidase in Xanthium: an in vitro model / J.K. Gaunt and E.S. Plumpton -- Insect photoperiodism: entrainment within the circadian system as a basis for time measurement / D.S. Saunders -- Involvement of the circadian system in photoperiodism and thermoperiodism in Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera) / B. Dumortier and J. Brunnarius |
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Contents: Diapause clock in a moth: response to temperature signals / S. Masaki and S. Kikukawa -- Localization of circadian pacemakers in insects / T.L. Page -- Photoperiodic control of polymorphism in aphids: neuroendocrine and endocrine components / A.D. Lees and J. Hardie -- Circadian clocks in lizards: photoreception, physiology and photoperiodic time measurement / H. Underwood -- Circannual rhythms: their dependence on the circadian system / E. Gwinner -- Neural and endocrine components of circadian clocks in birds / M. Menaker, D.J. Hudson and J.S. Takahashi |
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Contents: Photoperiodic time measurement and gonadotrophin secretion in quail / B.K. Follett, J.E. Robinson, S.M. Simpson and C.R. Harlow -- Circadian rhythms, entrainment and photoperiodism in the Syrian hamster / J.A. Elliott -- Mammals -- general discussion / B. Rusak -- Hypothalamic pulse generator: a key determinant of reproductive cycles in sheep / R.L. Goodman and F.J. Karsch -- Role of the pineal gland in the photoperiodic control of seasonal cycles in hamsters / K. Hoffmann -- Steroid-dependent and steroid-independent aspects of the photoperiodic control of seasonal reproductive cycles in male hamsters / F.W. Turek and G.B. Ellis |
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Contents: Pineal gland and photoperiodic control of the ferret's reproductive cycle / J. Herbert -- Twenty years on: the annual Colston lecture / J. Aschoff |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Biological clocks in seasonal reproductive cycles. New York : Wiley, ©1981 (OCoLC)610466938 |