Description: Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe (Author), Marilyn Renfree (Author) 9780521337922, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 30 January 1987 492 pages 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm, 0.663 kg Marsupials differ from most other mammals in their method of reproduction, in that they have chosen, in an evolutionary sense, to develop lactation rather than placentation for the nurture of their young. The neonate is therefore born with a mixture of advanced and embryonic characters, and yet is readily accessible within the pouch, providing a unique system for the study of the ontogeny of various physiological and endocrinological parameters. Marsupials are therefore ideal animals for research into mammalian reproductive physiology. The results of this exciting new research are summarized in this book by two of the foremost workers in the field. Individual chapters analyse the genetic and hormonal control of sexual differentiation, male and female reproductive structures and their functions, the role of the corpus luteum in the oestrous cycle and pregnancy, the hormonal control of embryonic diapause and the role of the marsupial placenta in the development of the embryo. This book is more than just a straightforward review of marsupial reproduction for its detailed analyses and broad comparative coverage will attract mammalogists and reproductive physiologists with a wide range of research interests. Preface 1. Historical introduction 2. Breeding biology of marsupials by family 3. Sexual differentiation and development 4. Male anatomy and spermatogenesis 5. The female urogenital tract and oogenesis 6. Ovarian function and control 7. Pregnancy and parturition 8. Lactation 9. Neuroendocrine control of seasonal breeding 10. Marsupials and the evolution of mammalian reproduction References Index. Subject Areas: Marsupials & monotremes [PSVW71], Animal reproduction [PSVH]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Marsupials & monotremes [PSVW71]
BIC Subject Area 2: Animal reproduction [PSVH]
Book Title: Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials
ISBN: 0521337925
Publication Date: 30/01/1987
Item Depth: 26
Number of Pages: 492 Pages
Publication Name: Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Zoology
Publication Year: 1987
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 663 g
Author: Marilyn Renfree, Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
Item Width: 157 mm
Series: Monographs on Marsupial Biology
Format: Paperback
