My paramecium study, retrospect and prospect K. Hiwatashi 1
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Neurobiology
Complement receptor 3-like immunoreactivity in the superior and inferiortentacles of terrestrial slug, Limax marginatus D. Hatakeyama, I. Ito and E. Ito 5
Physiology
Wound currents following amputation of tail tip in the Japanese newt,Cynops pyrrhogaster T. Nawata 11
Inhibition of a CI--transporting P-type ATPase inAplysia gut G.A. Gerencser and J. Zhang 17
Behavior Biology
Olfactory learning and memory in the cockroach, Periplanetaamericana M. Sakura and M. Mizunami 21
Cell Biology
Effects of the radical scavenger, water soluble protein from broad beanson lipofuscin, cathepsin B, cell growth in human lung fibroblasts Y. Okada and M. Okada 29
Genetics
Isolation of a genetic marker linked to the Bh gene bygenetically directed representational difference analysis of closedcolony Japanese quails T. Niwa, S. Yamashita, A. Nakamura, N. Shiojiri and T. Ushijima 37
Biochemistry
Species differences in the distribution of the nonmuscle myosin heavychain IIB inserted isoform in the brain S. Hagiwara, M. Takahashi and A. Yamagishi 43
Developmental Biology
Temporal and spatial profiles of alkaline phosphatase activity duringembryogenesis of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtaunese S. Zhang and R. Wang 51
Embryonic expression of a hemichordate distalless gene Y. Harada, N. Okai, S. Taguchi, E. Shoguchi, K. Tagawa, T.Humphreys and N. Satoh 57
Reproductive Biology
Reproductive patterns of two sympatric rhacophorid frogs,Buergeria japonica and B. robusta, with comments onanuran breeding seasons in Taiwan W.-S. Huang, J.-K. Lee and C.-H. Ho 63
Endocrinology
Effects of photoperiod alteration on adrenocortical, pineal and gonadalactivity in nocturnal bird, Athene brama and diurnal bird,Perdicula asiatica C.C. Sudhakumari and C. Haldar 71
Effects of administration of adrenocorticotropin, corticosteroids andadrenal inhibitor metyrapone on adrenocortical, pineal and gonadalactivity in nocturnal bird, Athene brama and diurnal bird,Perdicula asiatica C.C. Sudhakumari and C. Haldar 81
Morphology
Developmental characteristics of a freshwater goby, micropercopsswinhonis, from Korea A. Iwata, H. Sakai, K. Shibukawa and S.-R. Jeon 91
Animal Diversity and Evolution
Genetic variation among Japanese populations of chum salmon inferredfrom the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region S. Sato, J. Ando, H. Ando, S. Urawa, A. Urano and S. Abe 99
Phylogeography of the Japanese giant flying squirrel, Petauristaleucogenys, based on mitochondrial DNA control region sequences T. Oshida, K. Ikeda, K. Yamada and R. Masuda 107
Geographic variation in the two smooth skinks, Scincellaboettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidea), in thesubtropical east asian islands S.-L. Chen, H. Ota and T. Hikida 115
