1 Introduction Dale R. McCullough Part I Basic Biology 2 Fossil Record of Sika Deer in Japan Yoshinari Kawamura 3 Two Genetically Distinct Lineages of the Japanese Sika Deer Based on Mitochondrial Control Regions Nagata 4 Evolutionary Significance of Admixture and Fragmentation of Sika Deer Populations in Japan Hidetoshi B. Tamate 5 Nutritional Physiology of Wild and Domesticated Japanese Sika Deer Takayoshi Masuko and Kousaku Souma 6 Endocrinology...