Overview
- Review of hundreds of papers on morphology of female genital systems of fish
- Enormous number of illustrations, largely micrographs
- Essential for understanding of fish fecundity
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About this book
This volume describes the myriad ways in which fish have approached problems of reproduction - it is an amply illustrated comparative study of the microscopic structure of the female genital systems of fish. The timing of its appearance is auspicious in that it coincides with the decline of the golden age of descriptive morphology. It is a compilation of thousands of micrographs - mostly electron micrographs - from classic works in the field and should prove valuable to investigators studying fish in areas such as ecology, physiology, and reproductive biology who may view histology as essential in their work but have little background in this area. It includes chapters on the origin of genital systems, the structure of ovarian follicles, mechanisms of ovulation, the cortical reaction, oviducts, oviparity, and amazing examples of viviparity.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fish Histology
Book Subtitle: Female Reproductive Systems
Editors: Donald B. McMillan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5715-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5415-0Published: 08 August 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7362-4Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5715-1Published: 20 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 598
Topics: Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Cell Biology, Biological Microscopy, Developmental Biology, Animal Ecology