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020 _cpbk.
040 _aGCL
082 _a616.4
_bBEN
100 1 0 _aBentley, P. J.
245 1 0 _aComparative vertebrate endocrinology /
_cP. J. Bentley.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1980.
300 _avii, 415pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
_btxt
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _aFirst published in 1987. The third edition provides a description of hormones in animals and considers their evolution and roles in coordinating bodily functions and the control of calcium, water and salt levels in the body. Information about the hormones is integrated with knowledge of the animal's basic physiology and manner of life.
650 _aZoology
942 _2ddc
999 _c623
_d623