| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contributors; Preface; Part I Genetics, reproduction and development; 1 Mapping genes on tammar wallaby target chromosomes; 2 Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system; 3 Marsupials as models for mammalian pre-natal development: the tammar wallaby; 4 Population genetic studies of the Macropodoidea: a review; 5 Sex chromosome microsatellites: new tools for macropodoid population ecology; 6 Sperm competition in the Macropodoidea: a review of evidence; 7 Dominance and paternity in the tammar wallaby. |
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8 Strong matrilineal structuring in the brush-tailed rock-wallaby confirmed by spatial patterns of mitochondrial DNAPart II Morphology and physiology; 9 Energetic characteristics of macropodoid locomotion; 10 Development of endothermy and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Tasmanian bettong: a review; 11 Mechanistic explanations for drought-related mortality of juvenile red kangaroos: implications for population dynamics and; 12 Mesial drift and mesial shift in the molars of four species. |
| Summary |
This book covers the proceedings of a major 2006 symposium on macropods that brought together the many recent advances in the biology of this diverse group of marsupials. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kangaroos -- Australia.
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Kangaroos. |
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Australia. |
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Wallabies -- Australia.
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Wallabies. |
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Potoroidae -- Australia.
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Potoroidae. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Coulson, G. M. (Graeme M.)
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Eldridge, Mark Derek Bruce.
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CSIRO (Australia)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Macropods. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2010 9780643096622 (DLC) 2010362208 (OCoLC)320189719 |
| ISBN |
9780643098183 (electronic book) |
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0643098186 (electronic book) |
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1283155524 |
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9781283155526 |
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