Birds
Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:
In vivo and in vitro studies of the regulators of chondrocyte differentiation in avian tibial dyschondroplasia, 1995
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1995. Part 1.
In vivo effect of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol on the proliferation and differentiation of avian chondrocytes, 1993
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 1.
Incubation behaviour and increased plasma prolactin in the ring dove stimulates central nervous activity as measured by [14C]-2 deoxyglucose uptake, 1993
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.
Influence of tumour growth rate and host age on the infective virus and cytoplasmic particultate yields from some avian tumours, 1954
Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1953-57.
Legend about the wren and the Irish army, 4 June 1887
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alexander William Mair, 07 December 1919
Mair discusses options in potential Latin and Greek nomenclature relating to the wings and feathers of birds.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Dorothy Thursby-Pelham, 12 May [1922]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from [N.] Bassett, 19 April 1929
Bassett asks Ewart where he can trace the authority for Ewart's assertion in his 1920 lecture that the only bird in the world to have the rudiments of teeth in its mouth was 'Springops' [sic] the New Zealand parrot. He has examined 20 stuffed specimens in the Christchurch Museum but the mouths were not well preserved enough.
Letter to Lord Arthur Cecil from William Bateson, 13 November 1898
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom, 12 June 1921
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom telling Geikie that he has named a fossil after a colleague John Young. The fossil, Youngina, is possibly the common ancestor of lizards, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterodactyls and birds. He describes his work progress in South Africa including a drawing of a gorgonopsid reptile skeleton.