Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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. It will be particularly valuable for those workers actively seeking better animal models for understanding problems in mammalian reproduction, physiology and endocrinology.
Synopsis
The results of this compilation of new research on the reproductive physiology of marsupials reveal much about their patterns of reproduction and evolution in comparison to monotremes and eutherians.
Table of Contents
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.