Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function and Evolution HBDJ 1983 Growing Shedding

Description: Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function and Evolution HBDJ 1983 Growing Shedding Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function and Evolution by Richard J. Goss The book features a unique look at Deer Antlers, lots of interesting information, nicely illustrated, and exhaustive research, slightly dusty and dirty from long storage. This is a book about one of nature's most remarkable accomplishments. When deer grow antlers they are actually regenerating anatomically complex appendages - something that no other mammal can do. The rate at which antler elongate makes them the fastest growing structures in the animal kingdom. Profoundly affected by male hormones, these secondary sex characters grow into massive tumors if the deer possessing them is castrated. These and other unique characteristics have made antlers the focus of extensive scientific research that addresses some provocative questions: From what tissues do antlers develop? By what morphogenetic mechanisms are they regenerated every year? What social functions prompted their initial evolution? How are they influenced by hormones, and by the seasonal daylength fluctuations that regulate their annual replacement cycles? These and many other questions are considered in this comprehensive account of antlerology.Students of development, evolution, and behavior will find much to appreciate in this volume, as will ecologists, wildlife biologists, and zookeepers. It is a rich source of information for endocrinologists and physiologists interested in the relationship of antlers to the reproductive cycle. The orthopedists will find the study of antlers a valuable model of skeletal growth and bone disease, and the purported medicinal properties of velvet antlers will be a subject of interest to the pharmacologist.Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function, and Evolution is as scientifically accurate as it is readable. It does not answer all questions about these unique appendages, but it is certain to arouse curiosity about the many unsolved problems of how antlers grow, die, and are shed in the course of a single year. Copyright 1983 Pages: 316 pages Publisher: Academic Press The book measures approx. 9 by 6 inches. The cover is nice and clean, dustjacket with some small tears, edge wear and rubbing. The spine end has some light wear on the ends. The boards and corners are nice with some minor denting and wear. The hinges and binding are tight and strong. The pages are bright and clean, some previous owners stamps on pages, some marks, underlining and notes, book is nice. Inventory: 0524SA002

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