Reproductive biology and phylogeny of anura / / edited by B G M Jamieson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782577303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2003
• ISBN: 0-429-07740-8; 1-4822-8007-8; 1-281-94858-6; 9786611948580; 1-57808-659-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (463 p.)
• Collana: Reproductive biology and phylogeny ; ; v. 2
• Disciplina: 597.8
• Soggetti: Anura - Reproduction; Anura - Phylogeny
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface to the Series""; ""Preface to this Volume""; ""Contents""; ""1. An Overview of Anuran Phylogeny, Classification and Reproductive Modes""; ""1.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""1.2 DEVELOPMENT OF ANURAN CLASSIFICATION""; ""1.3 RELATIONSHIPS OF ANURANS WITH OTHER AMPHIBIANS""; ""1.4 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN ANURA""; ""1.4.1 Archaeobatrachia""; ""1.4.2. Neobatrachia""; ""1.6 CLASSIFICATION OF ANURA""; ""1.7 CONCLUSIONS""; ""1.8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""1.9 LITERATURE CITED""; ""2. The Gross Anatomy of the Reproductive System""; ""2.1 ANATOMICAL CONSTRAINTS AND EVOLUTIONARY OPPORTUNITIES""; ""2.2 THE OVARIES""""2.3 THE OVIDUCTS ""; ""2.4 THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM""; ""2.5 BIDDER'S ORGAN""; ""2.6 LITERATURE CITED""; ""3. Oogenesis""; ""3.1 GERM PLASM AND PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS""; ""3.1.1 Germ Plasm Segregation and Primordial Germ Cells Migration""; ""3.1.2 Oogonial Proliferation""; ""3.1.3 Molecular Composition of Germ Plasm""; ""3.2 OOGENESIS AND FOLLICLE FORMATION""; ""3.3 PREVITELLOGENESIS""; ""3.3.1 Lampbrush Chromosomes""; ""3.3.2 Oocyte Localization of Maternal mRNAs""; ; ""3.3.3 Amplified Nucleoli""; ""3.3.4 The Nuclear Envelope""; ""3.4 VITELLOGENESIS""; ""3.4.1 Hormonal Regulation of Vitellogenesis""""3.4.2 Vitellogenin Pathway""; ""3.4.3 Vitronectin-like Protein in Amphibian Yolk Platelets""; ""3.5 POSTVITELLOGENESIS OR MATURITY""; ""3.5.1 General Morphology of Full Grown Oocyte""; ""3.5.2 Oocyte Metabolism""; ""3.5.3 Oocyte Maturation""; ""3.5.4 Regulation of the Meiotic Cycle""; ""3.6 OOCYTE-SOMATIC CELL INTERACTIONS DURING OOGENESIS ""; ""3.6.1 Cell Interactions during Previtellogenesis""; ""3.6.1.1. Vitelline Envelope Formation""; ""3.6.2 Cell Interactions during Vitellogenesis""; ""3.6.3 Cell Interactions during Postvitellogenesis""; ""3.7 SUMMARY""""3.8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""3.9 LITERATURE CITED""; ""4. Endocrinology of Reproduction""; ""4.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""4.2. PINEAL GLAND""; ""4.3 HYPOTHALAMUS""; ""4.4 PITUITARY GLAND""; ""4.5 OVARIAN HORMONES""; ""4.5.1 Gonadal Steroids""; ""4.5.2 Gonadal Peptidic Hormones""; ""4.6 CONTROL OF OOCYTE MATURATION""; ""4.7 OVULATION CONTROL""; ""4.8 ANURAN OVIDUCT""; ""4.8.1 Organization and Function""; ""4.8.2 Annual Oviduct Cycle. Its Connection with the Ovarian Cycle and with the Circulating Sex Steroid Hormones""; ""4.8.3 Hormonal Regulation of the Functional Morphology of Anuran Oviduct""""4.9 SERUM BINDING PROTEIN""; ""4.10 STEROID RECEPTORS""; ""4.11 CONCLUSIONS""; ""4.12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""4.13 LITERATURE CITED""; ""5. Spermatogenesis and the Mature Spermatozoon: Form, Function and Phylogenetic Implications""; ""5.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""5.2 SPERMATOGENESIS""; ""5.3 MORPHOLOGY OF THE MATURE SPERMATOZOON ""; ""5.3.1 Introduction""; ""5.3.2 Suborder ""Archaeobatrachia""""; ""5.3.3 Superfamily ""Discoglossoidea""""; ""5.3.4 Family Ascaphidae""; ""5.3.6 Family Discoglossidae""; ""5.3.7 Family Leiopelmatidae""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the major aspects of phylogeny and reproductive biology of frogs in chapters written by major authorities. Topics treated are: anuran phylogeny, classification and reproductive modes; gross anatomy of the reproductive system; oogenesis; endocrinology of reproduction; spermatogenesis and the mature spermatozoon; breeding glands; internal fertilization and sperm storage, parental care; general development; and molecular development.