Developing Marsupials: Models for Biomedical Research

Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H.; Janssens, P. A.

ISBN 10: 0387190473 / ISBN 13: 9780387190471

Published by Springer Verlag, New York, 1988

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ix, 245p, index, references, 102 ills. Or pictorial cloth. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. Collection of 14 technical papers on marsupial development with biomedical implications. Among the papers are: Structural Adaptations of the Newborn Marsupial; Patterns of Growth; Composition of Marsupial Milk; Hormonal Control of Lactation; Control of Milk Protein Synthesis in the Marsupial Macropus eugenii: A Model System to Study Prolactin-Dependent Development; Differentiation in the Neocortex; Development of the Marsupial Primary Visual Pathway; Development of the Marsupial Cardiovascular System; Metabolism and the Development of Endothermy; Changes in Nutritional Metabolism During Weaning; Developemnt of Renal Function; and Sexual Development in Marsupial Pouch Young. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developing Marsupials: Models for Biomedical Research
• Publisher: Springer Verlag, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387190473
• ISBN 13: 9780387190471
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Technical & Mathematics
  • Australian Natural History
  • Textbooks

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Synopsis

Marsupials are excellent objects for studies on developmental processes in all mammals including humans. Marsupials are very immature at birth and undergo most of their development in a pouch where they can be manipulated in a variety of ways without affecting the mother. Most of these studies are on systems which largely mature before birth in eutherian mammals and are consequently difficult to investigate. Attention is also drawn to certain features peculiar to adult e.g., they continue to grow throughout adult life, valuable for studies on growth mechanisms, and furthermore the composition of marsupial milk changes radically through lactation, most important in studies of hormonal regulation of milk composition and secretion.