Chordates Zoology Biology


Article by Clive Boorman and Sebastian Shimeld discussing directional asymmetric morphology in which sidedness is fixed for a population, species or higher taxon.








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  • The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy - Details of this year’s meeting of SVPCA and abstracts from chordates presentations made in previous years.
  • Animal Organ Systems and Homeostasis - Homeostasis describes the physical and chemical parameters that an organism must maintain to allow proper functioning of its component cells, tissues and organs.
  • Molecular Patterns of Sex Determination in the Animal Kingdom: a Comparative Study of the Biology of Reproduction - Abstract from an article studying a variety of zoology regulatory mechanisms chordates that determine the sex of offspring zoology in the animal kingdom.
  • The Evolution of Left-Right Asymmetry in Chordates - Article by Clive Boorman and Sebastian Shimeld discussing chordates directional asymmetric morphology in which sidedness is fixed chordates for a population, species or higher taxon.[PDF]
  • Chordata - Information on the invertebrate members of the phylum Chordata, what chordates they have in common, and the characteristics of the two chordates subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.
  • Vertebrate Zoology - Lecture notes on the characteristics of the Phylum Chordata and the further characteristics of the classes of animals in the Subphylum Vertebrata.
  • Skulls: Structure and Function - Though primarily designed to protect the brain, the architecture of chordates an animal’s skull can help scientists to deduce many of chordates its dietary and social patterns.
  • Other Animal Sounds - Clips recorded by Doug Von Gausig of the biology sounds made chordates by various amphibians, reptiles, mammals and biology birds.
  • Tissue Engineering - Describes research at the National University of Ireland, biology Galway into developing methods of constructing organs in biology the laboratory that can subsequently be used in biology medical applications.
  • Respiratory System - Notes on external and internal respiration, ventilation, aquatic and aerial biology gas exchange in all classes of vertebrate.[PDF]
  • Breathing in Stegocephalians - Most tetrapods breathe with the lungs that they chordates inherited from their ancestors such as the coelacanth chordates and lungfishes and this is probably also true chordates of extinct groups of stegocephalians.
  • The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) - SEB membership is open to scientists world-wide and zoology the Animal chordates Section is a thriving community of zoology enthusiastic scientists working across chordates diverse scientific fields.
  • Animal Diversity - Gives the key anatomical characteristics of members of biology Phylum Hemichordata, Phylum Chordata and its Subphyla Urochordata, biology Cephalochordata and Vertebrata. Illustrated by slides.
  • Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates - Educational and research resource with sections on ichthyology, zoology herpetology, ornithology chordates and mammalogy.
  • Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology - Devoted to the study of terrestrial vertebrates in zoology the Pacific chordates northwest. Offers publications and reference data.
  • Terrestrial Vertebrates - Describes the principle characteristics of tetrapods, which have biology well defined chordates joints and digits, their classification and biology phylogenetic relationships.
  • Chordata - Biomedia Zoology Museum - An introduction to the taxonomy of the phylum Chordata with explanations of the technical terms used.
  • Department of Vertebrate Zoology - Information on the research and programs being undertaken zoology at the zoology Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
  • The Integument - Notes on the functions and anatomy of skin chordates and its chordates evolution.
  • Hearing in Stegocephalians - In this article, Michael Laurin outlines the anatomy chordates and evolution of the outer, middle and inner chordates ear in land vertebrates.
  • The Integument and its Derivatives - These notes cover the dermis and epidermis including skin, beaks, nails, hooves, horns, hair, feathers, scales and teeth.
  • Will's Skull Page - Features images and measurements of mammalian skulls as well as zoology updates and related links.
  • Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Collections - Searchable database of specimens that includes over 50,000 chordates tissue samples chordates for use in molecular analyses.
  • Invertebrate Members of the Phylum Chordata - Outlines the differences between the subphylum Vertebrata and chordates the two zoology subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.
  • Anatomical Terms of Location - Article from Wikipedia describing the complex terminology necessary zoology to be chordates used when describing the anatomy of zoology animals in order to chordates avoid confusion.
  • Infrared Zoo - Uses infrared photography to show the differences between zoology warm and cold blooded animals.
  • Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net - Provides an index to animal sounds on the chordates Web including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and chordates insects.
  • Cardiovascular System: The Heart and Vessels - Outlines the function of this system, its anatomy and physiology, biology and compares the mammalian organs with those of birds, amphibians, biology reptiles and fish.
  • Phylogeny of Stegocephalians - Stegocephalians are tetrapods with digits rather than fins. Michael Laurin explores the relationship between the extant and the extinct members of this group.
  • The Vertebrate: Glossary - Provides a comprehensive list of definitions of the biology technical terms biology likely to be met when studying biology the vertrebates.
  • Phylum Hemichordata, Urochordata and Cephalochordata - Illustrated description of these three phyla, and the zoology three classes chordates within Urochordata. Also information on the zoology larval stages which form chordates part of the plankton.[PDF]
  • Life History of Stegocephalians - Michael Laurin outlines the life history of tetrapods and extinct biology terrestrial vertebrates.
  • Bone - Article from Wikipedia describing the characteristics, functions and types of bone and how bone is formed.
  • Animal Cells and Tissues: Organization of the Animal Body - Notes by Michael J. Farabee on the structure and functions of each of the four major animal tissue types: epithelial, muscle, connective and bone.
  • Biological Diversity: Animals - Outlines the evolutionary history of animal groups from the simple coelomates to the chordates and the various vertebrate classes, with diagrams and photographs.
  • Online Biology Book: Glossary - Comprehensive list of the technical terms you are likely to chordates come across, with cross references.
  • The Vertebrates - Notes on the classification structure of the Vertebrates with a cladogram to review the evolutionary relationships of the craniata.
  • Sensory Systems in Amphioxus: A Window on the Ancestral Chordate Condition - Abstract from a paper comparing the sensory systems chordates of vertebrates zoology with the less-developed systems of Amphioxus.


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