Readings
Biomedical Research
Jayaraman, K. S. 1992. "India Goes to
Sea for Research Funds." Nature 357,
no. 6375: 183(1). May 21.
Profiles Indian scientists' hopes of using horseshoe
crab blood as a source of revenue.
Henkel, John. 1998. "Drugs of the Deep:
Treasures of the Sea Yield Some Medical Answers and
Hint at Others." FDA Consumer 32, no.1: 30(4).
January—February.
Kosko, Kim. 1988. "Horseshoe Crab Blood Yields Biomedicinal
Breatkthroughs." In The Delaware Estuary: Rediscovering
a Forgotten Resource, ed. T. Bryant and J. Pennock, 117.
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Sea Grant College
Program.
Novitsky, T. J. 1984. "Discovery to Commercialization:
the Blood of the Horseshoe Crab." Oceanus 27:
13-18.
Pearson, F. C., and M. Weary. 1980. "The Limulus Amoebocyte
Lysate Test for Endotoxin." Bioscience 20:
461-464.
Walls, Elizabeth A., and Jim Berkson. 2000. "Effect
of Blood Extraction on the Mortality of the Horseshoe
Crab, Limulus
polyphemus." Virginia Journal of Science 51(3):
195-198.
Vision in Horseshoe Crabs
Barlow, R. B., L. C. Ireland, and L. Kass. 1982. "Vision
Has a Role in Limulus Mating Behavior." Nature 296:
65-66.
Barlow, Robert B. 1990. "What the Brain
Tells the Eye." Scientific American 262(4):
90-96. April 1990.
Ratliff, Floyd. 1972. "Contour
and Contrast." Scientific
American. June.
Relates early neurophysiology work on
horseshoe crabs to our current understanding of lateral
inhibition networks.
Wolkomir, Joyce, and Richard Wolkomir.
1991. "The
Eyes Have It." National Wildlife 29(6):
48-56. Oct.-Nov.
Highlights eyesight of animals including horseshoe crabs. |
