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Biological clock in fish / editors, Ewa Kulczykowska, Włodzimierz Popek, B.G. Kapoor. - Enfield, NH : Boca Raton, FL : Science Publishers ; Distributed by CRC Press, c2010. - x, 264 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Biological clock in fish .

Contents

1 .Introduction to circadian rhythms / Bronisław Cymborowski
2.The pineal organ of fish / Jack Falcón ... [et al.]
3. Pineal photoreception and temporal physiology in fish / Peter Ekström and Hilmar Meissl
4. Melatonin in fish : circadian rhythm and functions / Russel J. Reiter, Dan-Xian Tan and Lucien C. Manchester --
5. Fishing for links between the circadian clock and cell cycle / Kajori Lahiri and Nicholas S. Foulkes -
6. The pineal gland as a source of melatonin in fish, and influence of light and temperature on melatonin secretion / Włodzimierz Popek and Elzbieta Ćwioro
7. Cellular clocks and the importance of light in zebrafish / David Whitmore
8. - Feeding rhythms in fish : from behavioral to molecular approach / Jose Fernando López-Olmeda and Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez
9.Reproductin rythms in fish.
10. Influence of melatonin on hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis in carp : mechanism and action / Włodzimierz Popek, Ewa Drąg-Kozak and Ewa Łuszczek-Trojnar -
11. Circadian and seasonal rhythm in secretion of melatonin, dopamine and LH in carp / Włodzimierz Popek, Hanna Natanek and Ewa Łuszczek-Trojnar
12. Circadian clocks in retina of goldfish / P.M. Iuvone ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 9781578086757 (hardcover) 1578086752 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2009054198

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fishes--Physiology.
Circadian rhythms.
Biological rhythms--Molecular aspects.
Pineal gland.
Melatonin.
Photoreceptors.
Fishes--Reproduction.
Sexual cycle.

Dewey Class. No.: 571.817 / BIO