Anura - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nutritional endoderm: a way to breach the holoblastic-meroblastic barrier in tetrapods.

13 Sep 2009 The deceptively simple evolutionary transition from complete, holoblastic cleavage of the zygote to incomplete, meroblastic cleavage occurred only once in tetrapods, with the evolution of the amniote egg. By examining the development of a frog with ... Read more...

Sex-specific modulation of cell proliferation by socially relevant stimuli in the adult green treefrog brain (Hyla cinerea).

Sep 2009 Social experience plays an important role in regulating the neural, physiological and hormonal changes that accompany the expression of reproductive behavior in vertebrates. This suite of functions is sexually dimorphic, with different neural ... Read more...

Prey location, biomechanical constraints, and motor program choice during prey capture in the tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti.

4 Aug 2009 This study investigated how visual information about prey location and biomechanical constraints of the feeding apparatus influence the feeding behavior of the tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti. When feeding on prey at small azimuths (less than +/- 40 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anura - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nutritional endoderm: a way to breach the holoblastic-meroblastic barrier in tetrapods. 13 Sep 2009
• History of science. The case of the midwife toad: fraud or epigenetics? 2 Sep 2009
• Sex-specific modulation of cell proliferation by socially relevant stimuli in the adult green treefrog brain (Hyla cinerea). Sep 2009
• Prey location, biomechanical constraints, and motor program choice during prey capture in the tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti. 4 Aug 2009
• Disruptive selection in natural populations: the roles of ecological specialization and resource competition. 30 Jul 2009
• Modeling synchronized calling behavior of Japanese tree frogs. 21 Jul 2009
• Surviving the drought: burrowing frogs save energy by increasing mitochondrial coupling. 29 Jun 2009
• Freeze tolerance evolution among anurans: Frequency and timing of appearance. 30 May 2009
• N-methyldecahydroquinolines: an unexpected class of alkaloids from Amazonian poison frogs (Dendrobatidae). 30 May 2009
• Individual-level diet variation in four species of Brazilian frogs. 29 May 2009
• Evolution of thermal response properties in a cold-activated TRP channel. 27 May 2009
• Metabolic depression during aestivation does not involve remodelling of membrane fatty acids in two Australian frogs. 22 May 2009
• Rod phototransduction determines the trade-off of temporal integration and speed of vision in dark-adapted toads. 4 May 2009
• [Analysis of helminthofauna of common spaedfoot Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768) and moor frog Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842 (Amphibia: Anura) at their joint habitation] 29 Apr 2009
• Top-down effects on antagonistic inducible defense and offense. 29 Apr 2009
• When signal meets noise: immunity of the frog ear to interference. 28 Apr 2009
• Activity affects intraspecific body-size scaling of metabolic rate in ectothermic animals. 20 Apr 2009
• Neural model of frog ventilatory rhythmogenesis. 15 Apr 2009
• Parotoid macroglands in toad (Rhinella jimi): their structure and functioning in passive defence. 13 Apr 2009
• Sex differences and androgen influences on midbrain auditory thresholds in the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea. 12 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Anura'

Definition: An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term "toad" is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae.

Descriptor UI: D001001

Alternative terms: Anura; Anuras; Toads and Frogs; Frogs and Toads; Toad, Fire-Bellied; Fire-Bellied Toad; Fire-Bellied Toads; Toad, Fire Bellied; Toads, Fire-Bellied; Bombina; Salientia; Salientias;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.090.180;

Online Note: use ANURA to search FROGS & TOADS 1966-80

History Note: 81; FROGS & TOADS were headings 1964-80

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specific available families & genera; frogs & toads; NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted