Author : C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 1987-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521337922
The results of this compilation of new research on the reproductive physiology of marsupials reveal much about their patterns of reproduction and evolution in comparison to monotremes and eutherians.
Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,27 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761426974
Mammals with young that develop in pouches after birth are marsupials, or metatherians. Kangaroos, koalas, and Tasmanian devils are just a few of the best-known members of this order. Dozens of small, shy, little-known species are found in the Americas and around Australia. The Marsupial Order explores the origins of these mammals and examines their unusual reproductive method, which has unique advantages. In addition, The Marsupial Order discusses the biology, life cycles, and ecological roles of marsupials, as well as current threats to their survival and approaches to conservation. With a survey of the various metatherian suborders and families, The Marsupial Order introduces pouched mammals from wombats to wallabies and beyond. Book jacket.
Author : CSIRO Staff
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Collection of papers from a satellite symposium of the Sixth International Theriological Congress held in Sydney in 1993. Topics addressed include comparative structure and function of marsupial spermatazoa, and male-induced oestrus and ovulation in female brush-tailed bettongs. Also provides an overview of development of early cell lineages in marsupial embryos. Includes references.
Author : C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642884024
Marsupials are excellent objects for studies on developmental processes in all mammals including humans. Marsupials are very immature at birth and undergo most of their development in a pouch where they can be manipulated in a variety of ways without affecting the mother. Most of these studies are on systems which largely mature before birth in eutherian mammals and are consequently difficult to investigate. Attention is also drawn to certain features peculiar to adult marsupials: e.g., they continue to grow throughout adult life, valuable for studies on growth mechanisms, and furthermore the composition of marsupial milk changes radically through lactation, most important in studies of hormonal regulation of milk composition and secretion.
Author : R. I. Kean
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 25,16 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Marsupials
ISBN :
Author : Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1987-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521252850
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.
Author : C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643062572
In Life of Marsupials, one of the world's leading experts explores the biology and evolution of this unusual group - with their extraordinary diversity of forms around the world - in Australia, New Guinea and South America. -back cover.
Author : Patricia J. Armati
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 113945742X
This 2006 book examines the exciting discoveries in the study of marsupials of the last 20 years. These discoveries have led to significant developments in our understanding of this unique group of mammals. The impact of these developments have been such that marsupials are coming to be seen as model organisms in studies of life history evolution, ageing and senescence, sex determination and the development and regeneration of the nervous system. This volume brings together information scattered throughout the primary literature. Coverage includes evolutionary history and management strategies as well as all aspects of basic biology. A complete listing of known species and a comprehensive list of references make this a unique repository of information on this fascinating group of animals.
Author : Norman Saunders
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,77 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780868403113
Marsupial Biology developed from contributions commissioned from those attending an international symposium held in honour of Hugh Tyndale Biscoe, Australia's most celebrated marsupial biology authority and co-author of the previous leading marsupial biology text published more than 15 years ago. The book does not comprise papers of narrow focus read at the symposium, but chapters reviewing the knowledge in each key area, written to a book format. It has been tightly edited to ensure a great degree of harmony and is suitable as a comprehensive reference text for graduate and undergraduate students.
Author : Marilyn B. Renfree
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Marsupials
ISBN :
