The Developing Marsupial

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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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.

• adaptation
• development
• mammals
• metabolism
• nutrition
• protein synthesis
• regulation
• system

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

  C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe

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

  Peter A. Janssens

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