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Land tenure and agricultural development in Kenya and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,, 1969)
Influence of age and feeding on the success of mating in a tsetse fly species
(University of Nairobi, 1968-08)
THE act of mating affects insect reproduction in several ways1. First, it may be a necessary stimulus for the initiation of oocyte development, as is found in the bedbug, Cimex lectularious 2. Second, the act of mating may ...
Equatorial spread-F at Ibadan, Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 1961)
The characteristics of equatorial spread-F at Ibadan (magnetic latitude 3°S) are investigated including nocturnal, seasonal, solar-cycle and magnetic disturbance variations; and all of these are found to show marked ...
Gasteromycentes of East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1966)
Metabolic effects of the corpus allatum hormone in the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria
(University of Nairobi, 1965-09)
SOME thirty years ago, Wigglesworth1 first demonstrated that yolk deposition in insect oocytes is controlled by the corpus allatum hormone. Since then, the hormonal control of vitellogenesis has been complicated by some ...
Restraint of undomesticated animals.
(University of Nairobi, 1966-10)
The capture, by means of chemical immobilization, of about 100 large African animals of 17 different species was accomplished by use of compound M.99, an oripavine with morphine-like activity, but with approximately 1,000 ...
The architecture of the accessory reproductive glands of the male desert locust: 2: Microtubular structures
(University of Nairobi, 1969)
Cytoplasmic microtubules are distributed widely in the mature accessory reproductive glands of the male desert locust. They are not concentrated in any particular region of the cytoplasm, but they appear to be closely ...
Producing ''twilight sleep in large wild mammals''.
(University of Nairobi, 1962)
Volcanic Associations In The Gregory Rift Valley, East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1969-10)
THE Tertiary to Recent volcanic rocks associated with the Gregory Rift Valley cover large areas in Kenya and northern Tanzania, and the Miocene volcanic and intrusive centres of eastern Uganda belong to the same sodic ...
Temperature regulation in the hyrax
(University of Nairobi, 1969)
1. Th hyrax are medium-sized African mammals (2–3 kg) which look like large rodents but possess taxonomic affinities with the elephant. Their behavior suggest that basking in the sun plays an important role in the regulation ...