Genetics of the Norway Rat (eBook)
816 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-8531-6 (ISBN)
The coverage of the text includes growth, metabolism, reproduction, and endocrinology. Several chapters also cover the physiological traits that include skeleton, viscera, sensory organs, and nervous. The text also takes into consideration the immunogenetics, pharmacogenetics, psychogenetics, and cytogenetics of the species studied.
The book will be of great interest to mammalian geneticists. Researchers who are using rats as a test subject in their research will also benefit from the text.
Genetics of the Norway Rat details the various genetic traits of Norway rat. The book covers a wide spectrum of trait inheritance, from color variation up to the various genetic mutation and quirks. The coverage of the text includes growth, metabolism, reproduction, and endocrinology. Several chapters also cover the physiological traits that include skeleton, viscera, sensory organs, and nervous. The text also takes into consideration the immunogenetics, pharmacogenetics, psychogenetics, and cytogenetics of the species studied. The book will be of great interest to mammalian geneticists. Researchers who are using rats as a test subject in their research will also benefit from the text.
Front Cover 1
Genetics of the Norway Rat 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgments 10
Introduction 12
CHAPTER I. COLOUR VARIATION 21
The Agouti 22
Colour Mutants 23
White Spotting 31
Mosaicism 42
Mutants in Wild Populations 45
Adventitious Manifestation of Colour 48
CHAPTER II. PELAGE VARIATION 50
Composition and Hair Growth Cycles 50
Coat Mutants 57
Hypotrichosis 60
CHAPTER III. GROWTH AND METABOLISM 64
Growth and Longevity 65
Food Conversion 89
Specific Metabolic Variation 100
CHAPTER IV. REPRODUCTION 121
CHAPTER V. ENDOCRINOLOGY 166
Hormonal Response 166
Endocrine Organs 175
The Endocrine Economy 197
CHAPTER VI. SKELETON AND VISCERA 202
The Head 202
The Extremities 234
General 242
Visceral Anomalies 249
CHAPTER VII. SENSE ORGANS 253
The Eye 253
The Ear 270
Olfactory bulbs 270
Tongue Papillae 273
CHAPTER VIII. NERVOUS SYSTEM 274
Ataxic Behaviour 274
Brain and Spinal Cord 294
CHAPTER IX. HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOGENETICS 318
Haematology 318
Serology 326
Tissue Transplanation 335
CHAPTER X. PHARMACOGENETICS 357
CHAPTER XI. DISEASE RESISTANCE 365
CHAPTER XII. TUMORIGENESIS 377
Interstrain Differences 377
Response to Specific Tumours 381
Strain Specific Tumours 387
Response to Chemical Carcinogens 397
Karyology of Ascites and other Tumours 406
CHAPTER XIII. THE LABORATORY RAT 428
Domestication 428
Inbreeding 452
The Wistar Rat 459
CHAPTER XIV. PSYCHOGENETICS 465
Temperament 466
Cognitive Ability 519
Activity 580
Miscellaneous Traits 604
CHAPTER XV. KARYOLOGY 633
The Chromosomes 635
Interspecies Comparison 667
Sex Chromatin 672
CHAPTER XVI. CYTOGENETICS 677
Gene Conservatories 677
Symbolism of Mutant Genes and Inbred Strains 679
Independent Assortment of Mutants 687
Established Linkage Groups 692
Induction of Mutations 700
CHAPTER XVII. ACQUIRED INHERITANCE 708
Alleged Influence of Training 708
Alcohol Stupefaction 731
Tobacco Fumes 737
Continuous Rotation 738
Amputation of Forelimbs 739
Biotin Synthetic Diet 740
BIBLIOGRAPHY 742
AUTHOR INDEX 794
SUBJECT INDEX 806
OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION 816
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4831-8531-1 / 1483185311 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4831-8531-6 / 9781483185316 |
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