Ebook: The Hamster: Reproduction and Behavior
- Tags: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology
- Year: 1985
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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viii The final section consists of a chapter on development by Thomas Schoenfeld and Christiana Leonard and three chapters devoted to functions of individuals. These in clude biological rhythms by Lawrence Morin, energy balance by Katarina Borer, and the visual and somatosensory systems by Barbara Finlay and Claire Berian. I am extremely delighted and proud to have played a role in this work and I wish to thank each contributor, Plenum Press (especially Kirk Jensen), Jay Rosenblatt, and the Rutgers University Research Council. In addition, I extend my thanks and my love to my family-Marilyn, Matt, Paul, Scott, and my mother and father, who taught me to appreciate animals. Harold I. Siegel Newark, New Jersey Contents I. Origin 0/ the Hamster Chapter 1 History of the Capture and Domestication of the Syrian Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse) MICHAEL R. MURPHY 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The Early Years: Discovery and Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. On the Road to Jerusalem: Capture and Breeding ................... 7 4. The Invasion of America: Dissemination and Proliferation . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . 5. New Genes on the Line: A Reconnaissance Expedition to Aleppo ....... 17 6. Conclusion ................................................. 18 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. Reproductive Endocrinology Chapter 2 The Estrous Cycle ROBERT D. LISK 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Sexual Maturation-The First Estrous Cycle ....................... 24 2.1. The Ovary ............................................. 26 2.2. The Pituitary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. The Brain ............................................. 31 3. Follicle Maturation and Ovulation ............................... 33 3.1. Time of Ovulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 3.2. Ovarian Steroids and Ovulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . .
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History of the Capture and Domestication of the Syrian Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse)....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Estrous Cycle....Pages 23-51
Endocrinology of the Pregnant Hamster....Pages 53-72
Male Hamster Reproductive Endocrinology....Pages 73-98
Pineal—Reproductive Interactions....Pages 99-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Communication....Pages 121-154
Sexual Differentiation and Development....Pages 155-171
Female Sexual Behavior....Pages 173-189
Male Sexual Behavior....Pages 191-206
Parental Behavior....Pages 207-228
Neural Basis of Reproductive Behavior....Pages 229-259
Aggressive Behavior....Pages 261-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Behavioral Development in the Syrian Golden Hamster....Pages 289-321
Biological Rhythms....Pages 323-361
Regulation of Energy Balance in the Golden Hamster....Pages 363-408
Visual and Somatosensory Processes....Pages 409-433
Back Matter....Pages 435-440
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History of the Capture and Domestication of the Syrian Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse)....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Estrous Cycle....Pages 23-51
Endocrinology of the Pregnant Hamster....Pages 53-72
Male Hamster Reproductive Endocrinology....Pages 73-98
Pineal—Reproductive Interactions....Pages 99-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Communication....Pages 121-154
Sexual Differentiation and Development....Pages 155-171
Female Sexual Behavior....Pages 173-189
Male Sexual Behavior....Pages 191-206
Parental Behavior....Pages 207-228
Neural Basis of Reproductive Behavior....Pages 229-259
Aggressive Behavior....Pages 261-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Behavioral Development in the Syrian Golden Hamster....Pages 289-321
Biological Rhythms....Pages 323-361
Regulation of Energy Balance in the Golden Hamster....Pages 363-408
Visual and Somatosensory Processes....Pages 409-433
Back Matter....Pages 435-440
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