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Reproductive and Developmental Strategies

The Continuity of Life

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Editors:
  1. Kazuya Kobayashi

    1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

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  2. Takeshi Kitano

    1. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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  3. Yasuhiro Iwao

    1. Laboratory of Reproductive Developmental Biology, Division of Earth Sciences, Biology, and Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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  4. Mariko Kondo

    1. Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo, Miura, Japan

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  • Includes new data and new concepts about animal developmental mechanisms in each chapter
  • Provides the most intriguing topics in life-cycle reproduction, i.e., life continuity
  • Compiles information in model as well as non-model animal species from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals

Part of the book series: Diversity and Commonality in Animals (DCA)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Diversity in Reproductive Strategies and Germ Cell Differentiation Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Germ-Cell Formation in Solitary Ascidians: Coexistence of Preformation and Epigenesis

      • Maki Shirae-Kurabayashi, Akira Nakamura
      Pages 3-18

    3. Regulatory Mechanisms of the Germline Stem Cell Niche in Drosophila melanogaster

      • Yoshiki Hayashi, Satoru Kobayashi
      Pages 19-35

    4. Regulation of Germline Stem Cells in the Teleost: Gametogenesis, Sex, and Fecundity

      • Minoru Tanaka
      Pages 37-45

    5. Regulatory Mechanism of Spermatogenic Stem Cells in Mice: Their Dynamic and Context-Dependent Behavior

      • Shosei Yoshida
      Pages 47-67

    6. Nutritional Control of the Germline Development in Caenorhabditis elegans

      • Masamitsu Fukuyama
      Pages 69-101

    7. Seasonal Regulation of Reproduction in Vertebrates: Special Focus on Avian Strategy

      • Ai Shinomiya, Takashi Yoshimura
      Pages 103-122

    8. Roles of Germline Stem Cells and Somatic Multipotent Stem Cells in Hydra Sexual Reproduction

      • Chiemi Nishimiya-Fujisawa, Satoru Kobayashi
      Pages 123-155

    9. Reproductive Strategies in Marine Hydrozoan Jellyfish: Sexual Medusae and Asexual Polyps

      • Noriyo Takeda, Ryusaku Deguchi, Takeshi Itabashi
      Pages 157-174

    10. Reproductive Strategies in Planarians: Insights Gained from the Bioassay System for Sexual Induction in Asexual Dugesia ryukyuensis Worms

      • Takanobu Maezawa, Kiyono Sekii, Masaki Ishikawa, Hikaru Okamoto, Kazuya Kobayashi
      Pages 175-201

    11. Reproductive Strategies in Annelida: Germ Cell Formation and Regeneration

      • Ryosuke Tadokoro
      Pages 203-221

    12. Reproductive Strategies in Social Amoeba

      • Masashi Fukuzawa
      Pages 223-244

  3. Diversity in Sex Determination and Differentiation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Environmental Control of Sex Differentiation in Daphnia

      • Kenji Toyota, Norihisa Tatarazako, Taisen Iguchi
      Pages 247-265

    3. Sex Determination Cascade in Insects: A Great Treasure House of Alternative Splicing

      • Masataka G. Suzuki
      Pages 267-288

    4. Genetic Control of Sex Determination and Differentiation in Fish

      • Masaru Matsuda
      Pages 289-306

    5. Endocrine and Environmental Control of Sex Differentiation in Gonochoristic Fish

      • Takeshi Kitano
      Pages 307-319

    6. Variety of Sex Change in Tropical Fish

      • Yasuhisa Kobayashi, Ryo Nozu, Ryo Horiguchi, Masaru Nakamura
      Pages 321-347

    7. Sex Determination and Differentiation in Frogs

      • Michihiko Ito
      Pages 349-366
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About this book

This book provides new insights into the universality of biological systems in animal reproduction and development by a comparative study of a variety of mechanisms in animals ranging from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals.

Animals accomplish genetic diversity through meiosis and fertilization, and during embryogenesis animals must produce specialized cell types, including germ cells, in accordance with their individual body plan. This series of phenomena is essential to the continuity of life in the animal kingdom, and animals show various reproductive and developmental strategies.

This volume, comprising four parts, reviews animal kingdom diversity, including reproductive strategies and germ cell differentiation mechanisms (Part 1), sex determination and differentiation (Part2), the mechanisms of fertilization (Part 3), and body axis formation (Part 4). Readers will find descriptions of the reproduction or development of 180 species, 13 phyla, 35 classes, 74 orders, 117 families, and 151 genera in this book. Of particular interest is the diversity of molecules and mechanisms used to achieve the same biological purpose in different animals.

Undergraduates, graduate students, and professional scientists who want a deeper understanding of animal reproductive and developmental mechanisms will find this book to be of great value.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

    Kazuya Kobayashi

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

    Takeshi Kitano

  • Laboratory of Reproductive Developmental Biology, Division of Earth Sciences, Biology, and Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Yasuhiro Iwao

  • Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo, Miura, Japan

    Mariko Kondo

About the editors

Kazuya Kobayashi

Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University
Hirosaki, Japan  


Takeshi Kitano
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
Kumamoto, Japan  


Yasuhiro Iwao

Laboratory of Reproductive Developmental Biology, Division of Earth Sciences, Biology, and Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University
Yamaguchi, Japan  


Mariko Kondo

Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Miura, Japan 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reproductive and Developmental Strategies

  • Book Subtitle: The Continuity of Life

  • Editors: Kazuya Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano, Yasuhiro Iwao, Mariko Kondo

  • Series Title: Diversity and Commonality in Animals

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56609-0

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56607-6Published: 11 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56865-0Published: 08 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56609-0Published: 01 June 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2509-5536

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-5544

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 790

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 137 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology

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