Biology data book /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Altman, Philip L.
Corporate Author: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Biology Data Book Advisory Committee
Other Authors: Katz, Dorothy Dittmer
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, [1972-1974]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Biological handbooks.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Chromosome numbers : animals
  • Linkage groups : vertebrates
  • Linkage groups : invertebrates
  • Inbred strains : mouse
  • Tissue growth and renewal : mammals
  • mitotic indexes : mammalian and amphibian tissues
  • Intermitotic time and constituent phases : mammalian tissues
  • Organic compounds affecting cell division : animals and plants
  • Propagation : mammals
  • Propagation : birds
  • Propagation : reptiles
  • Propagation : amphibians
  • Propagation : fishes
  • Propagation : aquatic invertebrates
  • Propagation and metamorphosis : insects
  • Propagation and development : invertebrates
  • Time variations in developmental stages : mammals and birds
  • Equivalent numerical designations for staging systems : amphibians and fishes
  • Characterization of developmental stages
  • Characterization of developmental stages
  • Regeneration : rat and salamander
  • Growth : mammals other than man
  • Growth : vertebrates other than mammals
  • Life spans : animals
  • Animal pigments : physical, chemical, and biological properties
  • Animal and plant cells and cell parts : chemical composition
  • Animal tissues and organs : water content
  • Scientific names and corresponding common names
  • Common names and corresponding scientific names
  • Classification outline : living animals
  • Classification outline : living plants
  • Estimated number of living species
  • Geologic time distribution : animals and plants
  • Formulas, factors, and constants
  • Atomic weights
  • Sources of organisms and equipment
  • v. 2. Endocrine organs and hormones : invertebrates
  • Comparative anatomy of the endocrine system : vertebrates
  • Hormones : vertebrates
  • Hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones : vertebrates
  • Animal toxins
  • Tolerance to temperature extremes : animals
  • Lethal temperatures : invertebrates
  • Thermal inactiviation : animal viruses
  • Temperature characteristics : homoiothermic animals
  • Responses to changes in ambient temperature : homoiothermic animals
  • Metabolism and temperature : hibernating mammals and birds
  • Life span and temperatures : insects
  • Late effects of radiation : mammals
  • Effects of air pollutant inhalation on mammals
  • Circadian rhythms in continuous light and darkness : vertebrates
  • Circadian rhythms under constant conditions and effect of alternating light and darkness : invertebrates
  • Circadian rhythms of physiological variables as reflected in rat bioassay
  • External parasites : laboratory animals
  • Internal parasites : laboratory animals
  • Arthropod parasites : mammals and birds
  • Helminth and protozoan parasites : mammals and birds
  • Viral diseases : animals
  • Rickettsial parasites : mammals and birds
  • Bacterial parasites : mammals and birds
  • Systems of the Cerebellum : mammals
  • Reflex actions of spinal motor neurons : mammals [diagram]
  • Classification of afferent dorsal root fibers : mammals
  • Response of effector organs to autonomic nerve impulses : man and laboratory mammals
  • Synaptic transmitter compounds : vertebrates and invertebrates
  • Various chemicals affecting the central nervous system : cat
  • Microscopic and ultramicroscopic dimensions of muscle as related to function : vertebrates
  • Nerve and muscle electrolyte concentrations, and resting membrane potential : vertebrates and invertebrates
  • Typical electroencephalograms : vertebrates
  • Comparative visual pigment absorption and photobehavioral action spectra : animals and plants
  • Responses to polarized light : animals
  • Peripheral nerve conduction and ultrasound : vertebrates and invertebrates [graph]
  • Response of the nervous system to increased and decrease oxygen level : poikilothermic vertebrates
  • v. 3. Nutritional standards : domestic animals
  • Amino acid requirements : vertebrates
  • Digestive enzymes : vertebrate tissues and secretions
  • Pathways of carbohydrate digestion : man and laboratory mammals [diagram]
  • Pathways of protein digestion : man and laboratory mammals [diagram]
  • Pathways of lipid digestion : man and laboratory mammals [diagram]
  • Properties of an excretion products in urine : mammals other than man
  • Properties of and excretion products in urine : chicken
  • Pathways of photosynthesis : plants [diagram]
  • Respiratory frequency, tidal volume, and minute volume: vertebrates
  • Nervous control of ventilation : mammals
  • Dimensions of lung respiratory zones : mammals
  • Properties of cytochromes : animals
  • Data for constructing blood oxygen dissociation curves : vertebrates
  • Oxygen consumption : vertebrates
  • Comparative anatomy of the heart : vertebrates
  • Comparative anatomy of the vascular system : vertebrates
  • Heart rate : vertebrates
  • Pulmonary blood flow : mammals
  • Cerebral blood flow : man and baboon
  • Hepatic blood flow : mammals
  • Arterial blood pressure : vertebrates other than man
  • Capillary blood pressure : vertebrates
  • Nervous control of the cardiovascular system : vertebrates
  • Electrical properties of cardiac tissue : vertebrates
  • Events during cardiac cycle : man and dog
  • Effect of hypothermia on circulation: vertebrates
  • Blood electrolytes : primates
  • Blood electrolytes : mammals other than primates
  • Blood electrolytes : birds
  • Plasma electrolytes : reptiles
  • Plasma electrolytes : amphibians
  • Blood electrolytes : fishes
  • Blood non-protein nitrogenous substances : vertebrates other than man
  • Blood lipids : vertebrates other than man
  • Blood carbohydrates : vertebrates other than man
  • Acid-base balance of blood and plasma : domestic and laboratory animals
  • Blood volumes : vertebrates
  • Erythrocyte and hemoglobin values : vertebrates
  • Blood platelet counts : mammals
  • Leukocyte counts : vertebrates other than man
  • Blood oxygen dissociation curves : mammals
  • Effect of temperature change on blood oxygen and carbon dioxide pressures : man and dog
  • Effects of altitude on blood values : vertebrates other than man
  • Chemical composition and physical properties of lymph : mammals
  • Physical properties and chemical composition of cerebrospinal fluid: mammals
  • Physical properties and chemical composition of serous fluids : vertebrates
  • Total body water : mammals other than man
  • Renal function tests : vertebrates
  • Chemical composition and physical properties of aqueous humor : vertebrates
  • Chemical composition and physical properites of vitreous humor : vertebrates