Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 74B, No. 3, pp. i to ii Pergamon Press Ltd. 1983. Printed in Great Britain

C O M P A R A T I V E BIOCHEMISTRY A N D P H Y S I O L O G Y

Review Erika Plisetskaya, Norman Y. S. Woo and Jean-Claude Murat

Minireview R. Yagil, Z. Etzion and A. Oren

General Papers Osamu Doi, Emi Koyama, Takao Nakamura and Yuiehi Tanabe Eugene H. Studier, Brian C. Boyd, Ada T. Feldman, Richard W. Dapson and Don E. Wilson B. J. Finlay, Aria Span and C. Ochsenbein-Gattlen J. A. Serafin Hannu Korhonen, Mikko Harri and Juha Asikainen Curtis Chubb and Claude Desjardins

LeGrande C. Ellis, Robert A. Palmer and David F. Balph J. G. Chabot, N. Payet and J. S. Hugon

Tomomi Kawamura and Satoru Yamashita

Taro Ichii and Yasuo Mugiya

A. A. Guerra, G. Wiygul and R. D. Garcia

Francisco C. Herrera and lldemaro Lopez

Mutasim Mohamed Sir El Khatim and Abdalla Mohamed Osman J. R. David and J. Van Herrewege

T. Pages and J. Planas E. J. McMurchie, J. K. Teubner and R. A. Gibson R. B. Forward, Jr and H. J. Fyhn Hans G. Erkert and Angelika Thiemann

R. C. Sinha

Martin Hoiby, Arnfinn Aulie and Ola B. Reite E. F. Miiller, J. M. Z. Kamau and G. M. O. Maloiy

Jacques Daguzan

D. Ruano-Gil, M. V. Ribera-Canudas and S. Susu-Vergara Bjarne M. lversen and Knut-Jan Andersen Francis G. Carey and Quentin H. Gibson

Mary M. Beck and Wayne J. Kuenzel

John X. Wilson and David G. Butler

Contents o[' Volume 74A Number 2 1983

179 Thyroid hormones in cyclostomes and fish and their role in regu- lation of intermediary metabolism

189 The physiology of drowning

195 Photoperiodic regulation of serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity in the pineal gland of the chicken

199 Renal function in the neotropical bat. Artiheus jamaiee;Tsis

211 Influence of physiological state on indices of respiration rate in Protozoa

221 The bile acid composition of crane gallbladder bile 225 Thermoregulat ion of polecat and raccoon dog: a comparative

study with stoat, mink and blue fox 231 In vitro perfusion of isohtted mouse testes: a model system for

investigating testicular steroidogenesis 239 The reproductive cycle of male Uinta ground squirrels: some ana-

tomical and biochemical correlates 247 Effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on adult mouse small

intestine m vivo and in organ culture 253 Chemical sensitivity of lateral line organs in the goby, Gohius

~jiurinus 259 Effects of a dietary deficiency in calcium on growth and calcium

uptake from the aquatic environment in the goldfish, Carassius durolus

263 Oxygen consumption in boll weevil, Anthonomus ,qrandis Bohe- men (Coleoptera:Curculionidae), from subtropical areas of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

267 Relationship between external sodium concentration and intra- cellular osmotic effectors in respiratory tree of Holothuria ylaber- rime1

275 Effect of concentrate feeding on the bovine intestinal and pancrea- tic carbohydrases. Evidence of induced increase in their activities

283 Adaptation to alcoholic fermentation in Drosophila species: re- lationship between alcohol tolerance and larval habitat

289 Muscle myoglobin and flying habits in birds 295 Thermal phase transitions in sheep, rat and rabbit surfactant

lipids detected by differential scanning calorimetry 301 Osmotic regulation of the krill Me qanyetiphanes norveyica 307 Dark switch in the entrainment of circadian activity rhythms in

night monkeys, Aotus triviryatus Humboldt 311 Haematological studies on the prewintering and wintering frog.

Rana esculenta 315 Oxygen uptake in fowl eggs incubated in air and pure oxygen

319 A comparative study of basal metabolism and thermoregulation in a folivorous (Colohus guereza) and an omnivorous (Cercopith- ecus mitis) primate species

323 Study of the nitrogen content and amino-acids composit ion of the tissues of some Trochidae of the Brittany coast (prosobranch gas- tropod molluscs)

327 Experimental analysis on the variations of acid base balance in the chick embryo

331 The effect of sampling conditions on rat plasma renin 333 Heat and oxygen exchange in the rete mirabile of the bluefin tuna,

Thunnus thynnus 343 Implication of iron in seizure syndrome of mutant chicks (Oallus

domesticus) 351 Neural mechanisms affecting pressor responses to angiotensins in

the Pekin duck. Anas platyrhynchos

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Arthur G. Appel, Donald A. Reierson and Michael K. Rust Deborah H. Harding and Josefine C. Ranch Donald E. Spiers, Thomas Adams and Robert K. Ringer H. F. Schryver, T. J. Foose, J. Williams and H. F. Hintz Joseph D. Schrag and Arthur L. DeVries

J. E. MeFarlane

E. Don Stevens

Lyn C. Branch and Ronald Altig

Belle Leon, Amiram Shkolnik and Tamar Shkolnik Konrad Dabrowski

Konrad Dabrowski

Anna Dobrowolska and Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska

Kamal S. AI-Badry and Hoda M. Taha

F. le R. Fourie and J. Hattingh Z. Arad, J. Marder and U. Eylath

H. G. B. Vullings, J. H. B. Diederen and A. J. M. Smeets Takashi Sakata and Wolfgang yon Engelhardt J. K. Teller, G. Rosiflski, L. Pile, A. Kasprzyk and A. Lesieki Stephen Hewitt and Terence E. Nicholas

R. F. Burton and O. Enyikwola

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Comparative water relations and temperature sensitivity of cock- roaches Seasonally-related physiological and behavioural changcs m cap- tive Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophihts richardso,it Temperature regulation in adult quail (Colimts tSrHi,ialucs) during acute thermal stress Calcium excretion in feces of ungulates

The effect of freezing rate on the cooperativity of antifreeze gl>co- peptides Relationship between vitamins E. K~ and K~ {menadionci m their effects on growth of Acheta domesticus (L.) The effect of photoperiod on changes in plasma glucose, choles- terol, and free fatty acids during cold acclimation in frogs Survival and behavior of four species of Amhystoma larvae under hypoxic conditions Temperature regulation and water metabolism in the elephant shrew Elephantulus edwardi Digestion of protein and amino acid absorption in stomaclalcss fish, common carp (Cyprmus carpio L.) Comparative aspects of protein digestion and amino acid absorp- tion in fish and other animals Influence of photoperiod on morphological parameters, androgen concentration, haematological indices and serum protein fractions in common vole (Microtus arvalis. Pall.) Hibernat ion-hypothermia and metabolism in hedgehogs. ( 'hanges in water and electrolytes Comparative haematology of some South African birds Serum electrolyte and enzyme resonses to heal stress and deh3.- dration in the fowl (Gallus domesticus) Influences of light on the subcommissural organ in liuropean green frogs Stimulatory effect of short chain fatty acids on the epithelial cell proliferation in rat large intestine The presence of insulin-like hormone in heads and midguts of Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera) larwle Urea metabolism in isolated perfuscd lungs of the laboratory rat and of a desert rodent, Notomys alexis Effects of ganglion extracts and other substances on electrical potentials across the mantle of Heliv Effects of thermal acclimation and starvation on temperature selection and activity in the crayfish, Orconectes immu,i.~