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Parasitic Helminths
Wiley 2012; US$ 139.95This third volume in the successful 'Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases' series is the first to deal with drug discovery in helminthic infections in human and animals. The result is a broad overview of different drug target evaluation methods, including specific examples of successful drug development against helminthes, and with a whole section... more...
Hemolymph Proteins and Functional Peptides
Bentham Science Publishers 2012; US$ 79.00This e-book elucidates the physiological role, both at biochemical and molecular levels, of hemolymph proteins and functional peptides in reproduction, development, homeostasis, hibernation, migration, immune system, and in abiotic stress tolerance of insects and other arthropods. more...
Stem Cells in Marine Organisms
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate tissues, organs and appendages through novel de-differentiation, transdifferentiation, or re-differentiation processes,... more...
Dust Mites
Springer 2010; US$ 189.99Conservatively, at least 100 million people are affected by house dust mite allergy worldwide, manifesting itself as asthma, rhinitis or atopic dermatitis. Despite the growing recognition of this major public health problem, and commitment of considerable research resources, there is still no simple, effective, generally-applicable strategy for dust... more...
The Comparative Embryology of Sponges
Springer 2010; US$ 139.99First and complete compilation of the events characterizing origin and evolution of Porifera and their ontogenesis more...
Bryozoan Studies 2010
Springer 2013; US$ 139.99Bryozoa are a colonial animal phylum with a long evolutionary history, having existed from the early Ordovician (480 My) onward and still flourishing today. Several mass extinctions in earth history shaped and triggered bryozoan evolution through drastic turnover of faunas and new evolutionary lineages. Bryozoa are widespread across all latitudes from... more...
Paw Tracks
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 11.65Scarred by the rejection and humiliation which he suffers at the hands of his unloving father, the young Denis O'Connor finds solace in the woods and riverbanks of his native Northumberland.Nevertheless, his newly found happiness communing with nature and the local animals - a neighbour's violent dog, an untamed horse, a wounded goose and a white... more...
The Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates
Wiley 2012; US$ 123.95Planktonic protists both produce and consume most of the primary production in the world ocean. They not only play key roles in the oceans but also represent an astounding amount of diversity: ecological morphological and genetic. However, for most taxa their ecology, morphology, phylogeny and biogeography are either poorly known or appear to be largely... more...
Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish and Other Weird Animals
NewSouth 2012; US$ 10.99Did you know that the peacock mantis shrimp has the most powerful punch on Earth? That vampire spiders are attracted to your smelly socks? That the lesser water boatman is the loudest animal in the world and its instrument is its own penis? Or that concave-eared frogs have a secret language that only males can hear? From the mother-eating black-lace... more...
Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Seashells
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 5.95Features 170 mollusks from Southeast Asia with information on their habitat and behavior. more...









