Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials

by C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe, Marilyn Renfree, Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521337925
• ISBN13: 9780521337922
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"