The Biology of Stentor : International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

The Biology of Stentor summarizes all that has been learned about the biology of a certain group of ciliate protozoa: the stentors. Topics covered range from form and function in Stentor to behavior, fine structure, growth and division, and reorganization. Regeneration is also discussed, along with polarity, metabolism, genetics, and primordium development. This volume is comprised of 20 chapters and begins with a characterization of Stentor, with emphasis on its particular advantages in addressing general problems of biology. The reader is then introduced to form and function in Stentor, particularly S. coeruleus. The following chapters focus on the behavior (food selection, swimming, response to light, etc.) of stentors and the fine points of structure in terms of which this behavior is to be explained and which demonstrate the highly complex and precise achievements of morphogenesis. The remaining chapters explore growth and division in Stentor as well as the course of reorganization and regeneration; development of the oral primordium and how it is activated and inhibited; rate of regeneration in relation to the polar axis; fusion masses of whole stentors; and reconstitution in disarranged stentors. Various species of Stentor are also described, together with the techniques used to study them. The final chapter deals with hypotheses concerning the morphogenesis of ciliates. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of biology and physiology. Content: OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES ON PURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY , Page ifc1 Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages v-vi CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION , Pages 1-4 CHAPTER II - FORM AND FUNCTION IN STENTOR , Pages 5-10 CHAPTER III - BEHAVIOR , Pages 11-27 CHAPTER IV - FINE STRUCTURE , Pages 28-60 CHAPTER V - GROWTH AND DIVISION , Pages 61-90 CHAPTER VI - REORGANIZATION , Pages 91-104 CHAPTER VII - REGENERATION , Pages 105-134 CHAPTER VIII - ACTIVATION AND INHIBITION OF THE ORAL PRIMORDIUM , Pages 135-158 CHAPTER IX - PRIMORDIUM DEVELOPMENT , Pages 159-178 CHAPTER X - THE PRIMORDIUM IN RELATION TO THE STRIPE PATTERN , Pages 179-194 CHAPTER XI - POLARITY , Pages 195-204 CHAPTER XII - FUSION MASSES OF WHOLE STENTORS , Pages 205-219 CHAPTER XIII - RECONSTITUTION IN DISARRANGED STENTORS , Pages 220-231 CHAPTER XIV - ANALYSIS OF STENTOR THROUGH ITS RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL AGENTS , Pages 232-258 CHAPTER XV - METABOLISM , Pages 259-279 CHAPTER XVI - BEHAVIOR AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NUCLEUS , Pages 280-310 CHAPTER XVII - TOWARD A GENETICS OF STENTOR , Pages 311-332 CHAPTER XVIII - SPECIES OF STENTOR , Pages 333-338 CHAPTER XIX - TECHNIQUES , Pages 339-360 CHAPTER XX - EXTENSIONS , Pages 361-379 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STENTOR , Pages 380-390 OTHER REFERENCES CITED , Pages 390-395 AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 396-399 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 400-413