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Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 1

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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… Read more

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Description

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.

Key features

  • 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 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

Readership

Research and Post-Graduate scientists studying non-human vertebrate physiology, hormones and reproductive biology. Animal Scientists, Reproductive Physiologists using animals as models for human reproductive research, Libraries and labs in vertebrate physiology, endocrinology and reproductive biology

Table of contents

1. Sex Determination in Fishes

Bindhu Paul-Prasanth, Masaru Nakamura, and Yoshitaka Nagahama

2. Conserved and Divergent Features of Reproductive Neuroendocrinology in Teleost Fishes

Olivier Kah and Sylvie Dufour

3. Testicular Function and Hormonal Regulation in Fishes

Rosemary Knapp and Sharon L. Carlisle

4. Regulation of Ovarian Development and Function in Teleosts

R. Urbatzka, M.J. Rocha, and E. Rocha

5. Thyroid Hormone and Reproduction in Fishes

Jason C. Raine

6. Stress and Reproduction

Meghan L.M. Fuzzen, Nicholas J. Bernier and Glen Van Der Kraak

7. Hormones and Sexual Behavior of Teleost Fishes

David M. Gonçalves and Rui F. Oliveira

8. Neuroendocrine Regulation in Sex-changing Fishes

Earl T. Larson

9. Hormonally-derived Sex Pheromones in Fishes

Norm Stacey

10. Reproduction in Agnathan Fishes: Lampreys and Hagfishes

Stacia A. Sower and Hiroshi Kawauchi

11. Hormones and Reproduction in Chondrichthyan Fishes

Karen P. Maruska and James Gelsleichter

12. Hormones and Reproduction of Sarcopterygian Fishes

Jean M.P. Joss

13. Endocrine-active Chemicals (EACs) in Fishes

Alan Milan Vajda

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About the editors

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David O. Norris

David O. Norris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado. He obtained his BS from the Baldwin-Wallace University and his PhD from the University of Washington. His broad research areas include environmental endocrinology and forensic botany. In the area of environmental endocrinology, his studies have focused on the neuroendocrine control of thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive functions with special interest in the role of environmental factors that alter the activities of these neuroendocrine systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, USA

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Kristin H. Lopez

Kristin H. Lopez obtained her MA and PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research interests include morphological and physiological aspects of vertebrate reproduction and development, especially sex differentiation and ovarian function in reptiles and amphibians. She has enthusiastically supported the development of young scientists through teaching, textbook development, outreach, and programs to increase diverse representation in STEM.

Affiliations and expertise
University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA

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