Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 3: Reptiles

ISBN-13: 9780128101889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 432 str.

David O. Norris; Kristin H. Lopez

Opis

This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates. Terminology has been standardized across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided.

• A complete, essential and up to date reference for research scientists working on vertebrate hormones and reproduction - and on animlals as models in human reproductive research
• Covers the endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behaviour and anatomy of vertebrate reproduction
• Structured coverage of the major themes for all five vertebrate groups allows a consistent treatment for all
• Special chapters elaborate on features specific to individual vertebrate groups and to comparative aspects, similarities and differences between them

Spis treści

1. Sex Determination in Reptiles

Daniel A. Warner

2. Neuroendocrinology of Reptilian Reproductive Behavior

Michele A. Johnson and Juli Wade

3. Hormonal Regulation of Testicular Functions in Reptiles

Sunil Kumar, Brototi Roy, and Umesh Rai

4. Hormonal Regulation of Ovarian Function in Reptiles

Susan M. Jones

5. Hormones and the Sex Ducts and Sex Accessory Structures of Reptiles

Daniel H. Gist

6. Pheromones and Reproduction in Reptiles

José Martín and Pilar López

7. Stress and Reproduction in Reptiles

Richard R. Tokarz and Cliff H. Summers

8. Hormones and Behavior of Reptiles

Barry Sinervo and Donald B. Miles

9. Viviparity in Reptiles: Evolution and Reproductive Endocrinology

Lori C. Albergotti and Louis J. Guillette Jr.

10. Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Turtles

Gaëlle Blanvillain, David Wm. Owens, and Gerald Kuchling

11. Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Crocodilians

Matthew R. Milnes

12. Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Lizards

Matthew B. Lovern

13. Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Snakes

Emily N. Taylor and Dale F. DeNardo

14. Actions of Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants in Reptiles

Ashley S. P. Boggs, Nicole L. Botteri, Heather J. Hamlin and Louis J. Guillette Jr.