Table of Contents

Preface
Heterochrony • Origin, Ancestry, and Evolution of Chordate • Origin and Ancestry of Mammals • Primates and Origin of Homo Sapiens • Homeostasis • Parthenogenesis, Reproduction and Parental care • Aerodynamics and Flight in Animals • Migration • Echolocation • Interspecific Interaction • Behavior • Cryptobiosis • Coral Reefs • Mimicry, Camouflage and Colouration • Polymorphism • Bioluminescence • Biological Clocks and Circadian Rhythms • Electric Organs • Sense Organs • Sound Communication • Weberian Ossicles • Spider “Webs”
Glossary • Index

About the Author

Dr. R. K. Saxena has been teaching Zoology in Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India since 1974. A Gold Medallist in M.Sc. from B.I.T.S. Pilani, India, he earned his doctorate from University of Delhi in Cell and Molecular biology.

Dr. Sumitra Saxena, at present is a senior reader at S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi, India where she has been teaching for the last 22 years. Her research interests have involved studies on the Polytene chromosomes in chromomeres and she has to her credit several research publications in the field of cell and molecular biology.