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Reproduction in Mammals : The Female Perspective /
"Humans typically have only one baby at a time following nine months of pregnancy, but other mammals have 20 or more young after only a few weeks in utero. What causes this incredible reproductive diversity? Reproduction in Mammals is a fascinating examination of the diverse reproductive strate...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface ; Acknowledgments; 1. The Female Perspective; The Female Perspective Explained Further ; Androcentric Terminology ; Using Males to Understand Females ; Language ; 2. Evolution and Diversity; Mammalian Evolution: The Major Events ; Laying on Land: The (Really) Early Years (350 MYA to 150 MYA) ; Origin of Mammals (150 MYA to Today); Origin of Lactation.
- Diversity of Mammals: The Big Three Diversity of Mammals: A Closer Look at Closer Relationships ; Evolution in Retrospect ; Part One: The Reproducing Female ; 3. Inheritance; Sex Chromosomes ; Sex Determination ; X-Inactivation; Epigenetics: Genetics beyond Genes; Genetics: The Central Core; 4. Anatomy; Oocyte/Ovum ; Placenta ; Ovaries.
- The Reproductive Tract: From the Ovaries to the Outside External Genitalia: Cloaca, Urogenital Sinus, Cervix, Vagina, Clitoris, Prostate ; Vasculature, Portal Systems, Innervation ; Mammary Glands ; Anatomy: Unanswered Questions ; 5. Physiology: Cells, Systems, Populations, and Ecology ; Four Pitfalls ; A Brief Overview of Reproductive Physiology.
- Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy Life-History Physiology: The Top-Down Perspective; Physiology: A Diverse Field ; Part Two: Cycles ; 6. Oogenesis to Conception; Oogenesis and Folliculogenesis ; Estrous Cycles and Neo-oogenesis; Diversity of Oogenesis and Folliculogenesis; Ovulation ; Mating ; Gamete Transport ; Conception ; In Sum: Female Choice.
- 7. Gestation: Conception to Birth or HatchingConception to Hatching: The Monotreme Equivalent of Gestation ; Conception to Birth: Gestation and Viviparity ; Conception to Implantation ; Conceptus Changes: Blastocyst Structure and Function ; Implantation ; Gestation ; Pre- and Post-Implantation Delays and Diapause.