Reproduction and Development in Mollusca Contributor(s): Pandian, T. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138710458 ISBN-13: 9781138710450 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - General - Science | Life Sciences - Marine Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology |
Dewey: 594 |
LCCN: 2017007407 |
Series: Reproduction and Development in Aquatic Invertebrates |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.58 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is perhaps the first attempt to comprehensively project the uniqueness of molluscs, covering almost all aspects of reproduction and development from aplacophorans to vampyromorphic cephalopods. Molluscs are unique for the presence of protective external shell, defensive inking, geographic distribution from the depth of 9,050 m to an altitude of 4,300 m, gamete diversity, the use of nurse eggs and embryos to accelerate the first few mitotic divisions in embryos, the natural occurrence of androgenics in a couple of bivalves, viable induced tetraploids, gigantism induced by elevated ploidy, the complementary role played by mitochondrial genome in sex determination by nuclear genes and the uptake and accumulation of steroid hormone from surrounding waters. In molluscs, sexuality comprises of gonochorism ( 24%), protandry ( |