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050 0 0 _aQL737.M3
_bT97 1987
082 0 0 _a599.2/016
_219
100 1 _aTyndale-Biscoe, C. H.
_q(C. Hugh),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aReproductive physiology of marsupials /
_cHugh Tyndale-Biscoe and Marilyn Renfree.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1987.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 476 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMonographs on marsupial biology
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aMarsupials 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.
650 0 _aMarsupials
_xReproduction.
700 1 _aRenfree, Marilyn B.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521252850
830 0 _aMonographs on marsupial biology.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623493
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