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The Developing Marsupial

Models for Biomedical Research

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe

    1. Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Lyneham, Australia

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  2. Peter A. Janssens

    1. Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • C. H. Tyndale-Biscoe, P. A. Janssens
    Pages 1-7

  3. Structural Adaptations of the Newborn Marsupial

    • R. L. Hughes, L. S. Hall
    Pages 8-27

  4. Patterns of Growth

    • A. Cockburn, C. N. Johnson
    Pages 28-40

  5. The Composition of Marsupial Milk

    • B. Green, J. C. Merchant
    Pages 41-54

  6. Hormonal Control of Lactation

    • L. A. Hinds
    Pages 55-67

  7. Control of Milk Protein Synthesis in the Marsupial Macropus eugenii: a Model System to Study Prolactin-Dependent Development

    • K. R. Nicholas
    Pages 68-85

  8. Growth of the Brain

    • J. E. Nelson
    Pages 86-100

  9. Differentiation of the Neocortex

    • M. L. Reynolds, N. R. Saunders
    Pages 101-116

  10. Development of the Marsupial Primary Visual Pathway

    • S. A. Dunlop, L.-A. Coleman, A. M. Harman, L. D. Beazley
    Pages 117-131

  11. Development of the Marsupial Cardiorespiratory System

    • R. V. Baudinette, S. I. C. Runciman, P. F. Frappell, B. J. Gannon
    Pages 132-147

  12. Metabolism and the Development of Endothermy

    • A. J. Hulbert
    Pages 148-161

  13. Changes in Nutritional Metabolism During Weaning

    • P. A. Janssens, M. Messer
    Pages 162-175

  14. The Development of Renal Function

    • G. E. Wilkes, P. A. Janssens
    Pages 176-189

  15. Immunological Development of Pouch Young Marsupials

    • E. M. Deane, D. W. Cooper
    Pages 190-199

  16. Sexual Development in Marsupial Pouch Young

    • R. V. Short, M. B. Renfree, G. Shaw
    Pages 200-210

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 211-245
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About this book

Marsupials are excellent objects for studies on developmental processes in all mammals including humans. Marsupials are very immature at birth and undergo most of their development in a pouch where they can be manipulated in a variety of ways without affecting the mother. Most of these studies are on systems which largely mature before birth in eutherian mammals and are consequently difficult to investigate. Attention is also drawn to certain features peculiar to adult marsupials: e.g., they continue to grow throughout adult life, valuable for studies on growth mechanisms, and furthermore the composition of marsupial milk changes radically through lactation, most important in studies of hormonal regulation of milk composition and secretion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Lyneham, Australia

    C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe

  • Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

    Peter A. Janssens

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Developing Marsupial

  • Book Subtitle: Models for Biomedical Research

  • Editors: C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Peter A. Janssens

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88402-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-88404-7Published: 27 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-88402-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 245

  • Number of Illustrations: 189 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Zoology

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