The Biology of Stentor
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The Biology of Stentor

International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

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  2. English
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The Biology of Stentor

International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

About this book

The Biology of Stentor summarizes all that has been learned about the biology of a certain group of ciliate protozoa: the stentors. Topics covered range from form and function in Stentor to behavior, fine structure, growth and division, and reorganization. Regeneration is also discussed, along with polarity, metabolism, genetics, and primordium development. This volume is comprised of 20 chapters and begins with a characterization of Stentor, with emphasis on its particular advantages in addressing general problems of biology. The reader is then introduced to form and function in Stentor, particularly S. coeruleus. The following chapters focus on the behavior (food selection, swimming, response to light, etc.) of stentors and the fine points of structure in terms of which this behavior is to be explained and which demonstrate the highly complex and precise achievements of morphogenesis. The remaining chapters explore growth and division in Stentor as well as the course of reorganization and regeneration; development of the oral primordium and how it is activated and inhibited; rate of regeneration in relation to the polar axis; fusion masses of whole stentors; and reconstitution in disarranged stentors. Various species of Stentor are also described, together with the techniques used to study them. The final chapter deals with hypotheses concerning the morphogenesis of ciliates. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of biology and physiology.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080093437
eBook ISBN
9781483164564
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Biology of Stentor
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER II. FORM AND FUNCTION IN STENTOR
  8. CHAPTER III. BEHAVIOR
  9. CHAPTER IV. FINE STRUCTURE
  10. CHAPTER V. GROWTH AND DIVISION
  11. CHAPTER VI. REORGANIZATION
  12. CHAPTER VII. REGENERATION
  13. CHAPTER VIII. ACTIVATION AND INHIBITION OF THE ORAL PRIMORDIUM
  14. CHAPTER IX. PRIMORDIUM DEVELOPMENT
  15. CHAPTER X. THE PRIMORDIUM IN RELATION TO THE STRIPE PATTERN
  16. CHAPTER XI. POLARITY
  17. CHAPTER XII. FUSION MASSES OF WHOLE STENTORS
  18. CHAPTER XIII. RECONSTITUTION IN DISARRANGED STENTORS
  19. CHAPTER XIV. ANALYSIS OF STENTOR THROUGH ITS RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL AGENTS
  20. CHAPTER XV. METABOLISM
  21. CHAPTER XVI. BEHAVIOR AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NUCLEUS
  22. CHAPTER XVII. TOWARD A GENETICS OF STENTOR
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. SPECIES OF STENTOR
  24. CHAPTER XIX. TECHNIQUES
  25. CHAPTER XX. EXTENSIONS
  26. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STENTOR
  27. OTHER REFERENCES CITED
  28. AUTHOR INDEX
  29. SUBJECT INDEX

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