Color Change Mechanisms of Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Page vii
Acknowledgments, Page ix
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-2
CHAPTER 2 - Resume of Responses, Pages 3-15
CHAPTER 3.1 - Physiological Color Changes in Amphibians, Pages 16-42
CHAPTER 3.2 - Physiological Color Changes in Elasmobranchs, Pages 43-59
CHAPTER 3.3 - Physiological Color Changes in Teleosts, Pages 60-102
CHAPTER 3.4 - Physiological Color Changes in Cyclostomes, Pages 103-105
CHAPTER 3.5 - Physiological Color Changes in Reptiles, Pages 106-130
CHAPTER 4 - Biological Assay of Melanin-Dispersing Hormones, Pages 131-178
CHAPTER 5 - Chemistry of Melanin-Dispersing Hormones, Pages 179-200
CHAPTER 6 - Information About the Mechanism of the Melanophore, Pages 201-215
CHAPTER 7 - Morphological Color Change in Response to Background, Pages 216-222
CHAPTER 8 - Has Color Change Any Biological Advantage?, Pages 223-236
CHAPTER 9 - Actions of Melanin-Dispersing Hormone on Functions other than Color Change, Pages 237-247
SELECTED REFERENCES ON CHROMATOPHORES, AND COLOR CHANGE, IN INVERTEBRATES AND WARM-BLOODED VERTEBRATES, Page 248
REFERENCES, Pages 249-259
Subject Index, Pages 261-266