Sturkie's avian physiology / edited by Colin Scanes.

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Front Cover; Sturkie's Avian Physiology; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I -- Undergirding Themes; Chapter 1 -- Avian Genomics; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 GENOME SIZE; 1.3 CHROMOSOMES; 1.4 GENOME SEQUENCES; 1.5 ANNOTATION; 1.6 GENOME BROWSERS; 1.7 GENES; 1.8 TRANSPOSONS; 1.9 GENOME DIVERSITY; 1.10 CONNECTING SEQUENCE TO PHENOTYPE; 1.11 CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Transcriptomics of Physiological Systems; ABBREVIATIONS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 EARLY EFFORTS; 2.3 NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2.4 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; 2.5 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM; 2.6 IMMUNE SYSTEM.

2.7 MUSCLE, LIVER, ADIPOSE, AND GASTROINTESTINAL TISSUES2.8 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; 2.9 HURDLES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 -- Avian Proteomics; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS; Anchor 194; 3.3 QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMICS; 3.4 STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; 3.5 APPLICATION OF PROTEOMICS IN AVIAN RESEARCH; 3.6 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Mitochondrial Physiology; 4.1 MITOCHONDRIA: AN INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MITOCHONDRIAL INEFFICIENCIES; 4.3 MATCHING ENERGY PRODUCTION TO ENERGY NEED; REFERENCES; Part II -- Sensory Biology andNervous System Theme.

Chapter 5 -- The Avian Somatosensory System: A Comparative ViewABBREVIATIONS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BODY SOMATOSENSORY PRIMARY AFFERENT PROJECTIONS IN DIFFERENT SPECIES; 5.3 ASCENDING PROJECTIONS OF THE DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI; 5.4 TELENCEPHALIC PROJECTIONS OF THALAMIC NUCLEI RECEIVING SOMATOSENSORY INPUT; 5.5 SOMATOSENSORY PRIMARY AFFERENT PROJECTIONS FROM THE BEAK AND TONGUE TO THE TRIGEMINAL COLUMN; 5.6 NUCLEUS BASOROSTRALIS; 5.7 THE MEETING OF THE SPINAL AND TRIGEMINAL SYSTEMS; 5.8 THE SOMATOSENSORIMOTOR SYSTEM IN BIRDS; 5.9 SOMATOSENSORY PROJECTIONS TO THE CEREBELLUM.

5.10 MAGNETORECEPTION AND THE TRIGEMINAL SYSTEM5.11 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Avian Hearing; 6.1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO BIRDS HEAR?; 6.2 OUTER AND MIDDLE EAR; 6.3 BASILAR PAPILLA (COCHLEA); 6.4 THE AUDITORY BRAIN; 6.5 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 -- The Chemical Senses in Birds; 7.1 CHEMICAL SENSES; 7.2 CHEMESTHESIS; 7.3 OLFACTION; 7.4 GUSTATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 -- Magnetoreception in Birds and Its Use forLong-Distance Migration*; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 MAGNETIC FIELDS; 8.3 THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; 8.4 CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.

8.5 BIRDS USE INFORMATION FROM THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD FOR ORIENTATION AND NAVIGATION8.6 THE MAGNETIC COMPASS OF BIRDS; 8.7 DO BIRDS POSSESS A MAGNETIC MAP?; 8.8 INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CUES; 8.9 HOW DO BIRDS SENSE THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD?; 8.10 THE INDUCTION HYPOTHESIS; 8.11 THE IRON-MINERAL-BASED HYPOTHESIS; 8.12 THE LIGHT-DEPENDENT HYPOTHESIS; 8.13 IRREPRODUCIBLE RESULTS AND THE URGENT NEED FOR INDEPENDENT REPLICATION; 8.14 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 -- The Avian Subpallium and Autonomic Nervous System; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 COMPONENTS OF THE SUBPALLIUM.

Sturkie's Avian Physiology is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. The Sixth Edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and features several new chapters with entirely new content on such topics as migration, genomics and epigenetics. Chapters throughout have been greatly expanded due to the many recent advances in the field. The text also covers the physiology of flight, reproduction in both male and female birds, and the immunophysiology of birds. The Sixth Edition, like the earlier editions, is a must for anyone intere.

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