Ebook: Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 3 - Reptiles

Academic Press, 2010. – 406 p. - ISBN-10: 0123749301 , ISBN-13: 978-0123749307.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 animals 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.
Contents:
Sex Determination in Reptiles
Neuroendocrinology of Reptilian Reproductive Behavior
Hormonal Regulation of Testicular Functions in Reptiles
Hormonal Regulation of Ovarian Function in Reptiles
Hormones and the Sex Ducts and Sex Accessory Structures of Reptiles
Pheromones and Reproduction in Reptiles
Stress and Reproduction in Reptiles
Hormones and Behavior of Reptiles
Viviparity in Reptiles: Evolution and Reproductive Endocrinology
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Turtles
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Crocodilians
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Lizards
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Snakes
Endocrine Disruption of Reproduction in Reptiles