Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials (Monographs on Marsupial Biology) - Softcover

Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh; Renfree, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521337925 ISBN 13: 9780521337922

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0521337925
• ISBN 13: 9780521337922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 492