Concepts in Reproduction

From Evolution of Mechanisms to Clinical Impact
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-367-70893-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Concepts in Reproduction integrates the principal mechanisms of reproduction among eukaryotes. It emphasizes processes and approaches that evolved to address specific problems inherent in reproduction. It is recommended for advanced undergrad students, new grad students, and researchers or clinicians seeking to expand their knowledge.

Zielgruppe

Professional, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Carmen

Wessel, Gary M.

Wong, Julian L.

Florman, Harvey

Williams, Carmen J.

Johnson, Mark

Johnson, Mark A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Urologie, Andrologie, Venerologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Embryologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Anatomie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Eukaryotes and Sexual Reproduction

2. Meiosis

3. Diversity in Reproduction

4. Hormones and Signaling

5. The Egg

6. Sperm

7. Supporting Cells

8. Sperm-Egg Interaction

9. The Egg-to-Embryo Transition

10. Formation of Primordial Germ Cells

11. Primordial Germ Cells Migrate to the Gonad

12. Germ-line Stem Cells

13. Sex Determination

14. The Ovary: Where Female Gametes are Made

15. Making Male Gametes

16. Hermaphroditism & Sex Transitioning

17. Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction

18. A Lifetime of Reproduction

19. Mechanisms of Mate Attraction

20. Development of Permanent Reproductive Structures

21. Reproductive Structures and their Functions

22. The Female Reproductive Tract: A Zone of Sexual Conflict

23. Orchids

24. Cnidaria

25. A Bird’s View

26. Primates

27. Human Infertility

28. Assisted Reproductive Techniques

29. Technologies to Constrain Reproduction

30. Reproduction in a Changing World

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gary M. Wessel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Brown University is an experienced researcher in the field of reproduction and early development. He served as Editor-in-Chief and as a member of the editorial board of several journals in the area of reproduction and development.

Julian L. Wong, Ph.D., is an active Scientist working to find therapeutics. He previously worked on fertilization, from the perspectives of the animal egg and plant sperm, and cellular reprogramming and served for a decade as the managing editor for a reproduction journal.

Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, studied basic and clinical reproductive biology for over 35 years and published extensively in the field. She was an associate editor for two reproduction journals and co-directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).

Mark A. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Brown University, studied plant reproduction for 25 years. He is on the Board of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research and hosted the 27th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction in 2024.

Harvey Florman, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His research focused on aspects of fertilization and sperm physiology in mammals. He was Editor-in-Chief of journals in the field and directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).