Guest! Login/Join

DomainTools.com


 

Chordates


Directory > Science > Biology > Zoology > Chordates

Dinosaurs@ (107)Herpetology (86)Ichthyology (49)
Mammalogy (98)Ornithology (91)Tunicates@ (21)
Vertebrate_Paleontology@ (336)
 
Related Categories:
   Science > Biology > Flora_and_Fauna > Animalia > Chordata (4376)


485 Listings - DR (10/10)485 Listings - DR (10/10) Department of Vertebrate Zoology - http://vertebrates.si.edu/
Information on the research and programs being undertaken at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
768 Listings - DR (10/10)768 Listings - DR (10/10) The Evolution of Left-Right Asymmetry in Chordates - http://users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0615/My PDFs/BioEssays asymmetry review.pdf
Article by Clive Boorman and Sebastian Shimeld discussing directional asymmetric morphology in which sidedness is fixed for a population, species or higher taxon.
456 Listings - DR (10/10)456 Listings - DR (10/10) Invertebrate Members of the Phylum Chordata - http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=24.25.312.314
Outlines the differences between the subphylum Vertebrata and the two subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.
378 Listings - DR (10/10)378 Listings - DR (10/10) The Vertebrates - http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Vertebrates.html
Notes on the classification structure of the Vertebrates with a cladogram to review the evolutionary relationships of the craniata.
34,428 Listings - DR (10/10)34,428 Listings - DR (10/10) Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net - http://members.tripod.com/Thryomanes/AnimalSounds.html
Provides an index to animal sounds on the Web including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects.
34 Listings - DR (8/10)34 Listings - DR (8/10) Cardiovascular System: The Heart and Vessels - http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1829&articleid=2951
Outlines the function of this system, its anatomy and physiology, and compares the mammalian organs with those of birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish.
On Target - DR (8/10)On Target - DR (8/10) Phylum Hemichordata, Urochordata and Cephalochordata - http://www.mba.ac.uk/nmbl/publications/occpub/guide/section17.pdf
Illustrated description of these three phyla, and the three classes within Urochordata. Also information on the larval stages which form part of the plankton.
195 Listings - DR (7/10)195 Listings - DR (7/10) The Integument - http://www.usm.maine.edu/bio/courses/bio205/08_integument.html
Notes on the functions and anatomy of skin and its evolution.
1,496 Listings - DR (6/10)1,496 Listings - DR (6/10) Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Collections - http://mvz.berkeley.edu/
Searchable database of specimens that includes over 50,000 tissue samples for use in molecular analyses.
1,172 Listings - DR (6/10)1,172 Listings - DR (6/10) Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates - http://cumv.bio.cornell.edu/
Educational and research resource with sections on ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology and mammalogy.
11 Listings - DR (6/10)11 Listings - DR (6/10) Other Animal Sounds - http://www.naturesongs.com/otheranimals.html
Clips recorded by Doug Von Gausig of the sounds made by various amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds.
98 Listings - DR (6/10)98 Listings - DR (6/10) Biological Diversity: Animals - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDiversity_9.html
Outlines the evolutionary history of animal groups from the simple coelomates to the chordates and the various vertebrate classes, with diagrams and photographs.
98 Listings - DR (6/10)98 Listings - DR (6/10) Animal Cells and Tissues: Organization of the Animal Body - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookAnimalTS.html
Notes by Michael J. Farabee on the structure and functions of each of the four major animal tissue types: epithelial, muscle, connective and bone.
98 Listings - DR (6/10)98 Listings - DR (6/10) Online Biology Book: Glossary - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookgloss.html
Comprehensive list of the technical terms you are likely to come across, with cross references.
98 Listings - DR (6/10)98 Listings - DR (6/10) Animal Organ Systems and Homeostasis - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookANIMORGSYS.html
Homeostasis describes the physical and chemical parameters that an organism must maintain to allow proper functioning of its component cells, tissues and organs.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Chordata - http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/CHORDATA.htm
Information on the invertebrate members of the phylum Chordata, what they have in common, and the characteristics of the two subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.
487 Listings - DR (6/10)487 Listings - DR (6/10) The Integument and its Derivatives - http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio204/lab5_frameset.htm
These notes cover the dermis and epidermis including skin, beaks, nails, hooves, horns, hair, feathers, scales and teeth.
94 Listings - DR (6/10)94 Listings - DR (6/10) Respiratory System - http://www.uta.edu/biology/2458lab/Exercise 36 Anatomy of the Respiratory System.pdf
Notes on external and internal respiration, ventilation, aquatic and aerial gas exchange in all classes of vertebrate.
646 Listings - DR (6/10)646 Listings - DR (6/10) Infrared Zoo - http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/index.html
Uses infrared photography to show the differences between warm and cold blooded animals.
5 Listings - DR (4/10)5 Listings - DR (4/10) The Vertebrate: Glossary - http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Lists/Glossary/Glossary.html
Provides a comprehensive list of definitions of the technical terms likely to be met when studying the vertrebates.
32 Listings - DR (4/10)32 Listings - DR (4/10) Skulls: Structure and Function - http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/structure_and_function.html
Though primarily designed to protect the brain, the architecture of an animal’s skull can help scientists to deduce many of its dietary and social patterns.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Vertebrate Zoology - http://www.ossm.edu/biology/vzln.htm
Lecture notes on the characteristics of the Phylum Chordata and the further characteristics of the classes of animals in the Subphylum Vertebrata.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology - http://www.snwvb.org/
Devoted to the study of terrestrial vertebrates in the Pacific northwest. Offers publications and reference data.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) - http://www.sebiology.org/
SEB membership is open to scientists world-wide and the Animal Section is a thriving community of enthusiastic scientists working across diverse scientific fields.
57 Listings - DR (2/10)57 Listings - DR (2/10) Hearing in Stegocephalians - http://tolweb.org/articles/?article_id=470
In this article, Michael Laurin outlines the anatomy and evolution of the outer, middle and inner ear in land vertebrates.
57 Listings - DR (2/10)57 Listings - DR (2/10) Terrestrial Vertebrates - http://tolweb.org/Terrestrial_Vertebrates/14952
Describes the principle characteristics of tetrapods, which have well defined joints and digits, their classification and phylogenetic relationships.
57 Listings - DR (2/10)57 Listings - DR (2/10) Life History of Stegocephalians - http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=468
Michael Laurin outlines the life history of tetrapods and extinct terrestrial vertebrates.
57 Listings - DR (2/10)57 Listings - DR (2/10) Phylogeny of Stegocephalians - http://tolweb.org/articles/?article_id=467
Stegocephalians are tetrapods with digits rather than fins. Michael Laurin explores the relationship between the extant and the extinct members of this group.
57 Listings - DR (2/10)57 Listings - DR (2/10) Breathing in Stegocephalians - http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=469
Most tetrapods breathe with the lungs that they inherited from their ancestors such as the coelacanth and lungfishes and this is probably also true of extinct groups of stegocephalians.
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Anatomical Terms of Location - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location
Article from Wikipedia describing the complex terminology necessary to be used when describing the anatomy of animals in order to avoid confusion.
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Bone - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone
Article from Wikipedia describing the characteristics, functions and types of bone and how bone is formed.
33 Listings - DR (1/10)33 Listings - DR (1/10) Tissue Engineering - http://www.nuigalway.ie/anatomy/tissue_engineering.html
Describes research at the National University of Ireland, Galway into developing methods of constructing organs in the laboratory that can subsequently be used in medical applications.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Will's Skull Page - http://www.skullsite.co.uk/
Features images and measurements of mammalian skulls as well as updates and related links.
290 Listings - DR (0/10)290 Listings - DR (0/10) Animal Diversity - http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab13/biolab13_3.html#Hemichordata
Gives the key anatomical characteristics of members of Phylum Hemichordata, Phylum Chordata and its Subphyla Urochordata, Cephalochordata and Vertebrata. Illustrated by slides.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy - http://www.svpca.org/
Details of this year’s meeting of SVPCA and abstracts from presentations made in previous years.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Sensory Systems in Amphioxus: A Window on the Ancestral Chordate Condition - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15353907?dopt=Abstract
Abstract from a paper comparing the sensory systems of vertebrates with the less-developed systems of Amphioxus.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Molecular Patterns of Sex Determination in the Animal Kingdom: a Comparative Study of the Biology of Reproduction - http://www.rbej.com/content/4/1/59
Abstract from an article studying a variety of regulatory mechanisms that determine the sex of offspring in the animal kingdom.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

Domain Tools analysis of DMOZ top listed domains