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Very Good in Acceptable jacket. Size: 9x6x0; 1974 Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press (London)6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall embossed blue buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, xix, 482 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Ink notation to lower margin of front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a soiled and edgeworn dust jacket with an ink mark (remainder mark? ) to front cover but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP26~ [3.0P] The rodent suborder Hystricomorpha comprises seven families from Africa and Asia and ten from South America, where they have undergone an extensive radiation and occupy a variety of biomes. Although the guinea pig was a common laboratory rodent, little was known about reproductive biology in the other species until this ambitious research program of Barbara Weir and her mentor I.W. Rowlands. Much of their work and of others then in the field was summarized at a symposium held 50 years ago at The Zoological Society of London. Currently, there is a resurgence of interest in the reproductive biology of the South American species. Compared to other rodents, unique features include a long gestation, a long oestrous cycle, a tendency to form accessory corpora lutea and a vaginal closure membrane. There is a distinctive placental structure, the subplacenta. Most give birth to precocial young. Individual species exhibit peculiarities such as polyovulation, systematic fetal loss and an active female prostate. Contents: Taxonomy (What is an Hystricomorph? ; The Evolution of the Old World and New World Hystricomorphs; The Cephalic Arteries of Hystricomorph Rodents; Hystricomorph Chromosomes); Ecology and Behavior (The Tuco-Tuco and Plains Viscacha; Mountain Viscacha; Notes on the Ecology of Gundis); Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology.
Add this copy of The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents to cart. $67.50, like new condition, Sold by Archer's Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kent, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Zoological Society of London / Academic Press.
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Fine Condition in Good jacket. Dust Jacket spine sunned. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; ISBN: 0126133344. ISBN/EAN: 9780126133349. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22459.
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