Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5 —— Mammals

----- 脊椎动物的激素和生殖

ISBN: 9780123749284 出版年：2011 页码：411 Academic Press_RW

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 researchCovers the endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behaviour and anatomy of vertebrate reproductionStructured coverage of the major themes for all five vertebrate groups allows a consistent treatment for allSpecial chapters elaborate on features specific to individual vertebrate groups and to comparative aspects, similarities and differences between them