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Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials (Paperback)
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Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials (Paperback)
Series: Monographs on Marsupial Biology
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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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