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Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes
Comparative and Biomedical Perspectives
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Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes: Comparative and Biomedical Perspectives discusses the great ape reproduction. The book opens with the menstrual cycle of apes as a good foundation for the subject areas that follow. Accordingly, Chapter 2 focuses on the endocrine changes during the stage of pregnancy among apes, specifically the hormonal changes in chimpanzee. Chapter 3 deals mainly on the condition postpartum amenorrhea. In Chapter 4, the reproductive and endocrine development – from fetal development, infancy, juvenile, to puberty – is discussed. Chapters 5 and 6 thoroughly discuss the female and male ape's genital tract and their secretions. The sole topic of Chapter 7 deals mainly with the comparative aspects of ape steroid hormone metabolism. Meanwhile, Chapter 8 tackles laboratory research on apes' sexual behavior. The succeeding chapters talk about the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan reproduction in the wild. Chapters 12 and 13 basically look upon the behaviors of the great apes, specifically intermale competition and sexual selection. The next chapters (14 and 15) look at the necessity of breeding and managing apes in captivity to ensure their continued survival. Lastly, Chapter 16 highlights the significance and great value of apes as models and comparative study in human reproduction. This book will be of great use to human physiologists, comparative anatomists and zoologists, primatologists, ape breeders, and biomedical scientists.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes: Comparative and Biomedical Perspectives
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. MENSTRUAL CYCLE OF THE GREAT APES
- Chapter 2. ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PREGNANCY IN APES
- Chapter 3. POSTPARTUM AMENORRHEA AND BEHAVIOR OF APES
- Chapter 4. REPRODUCTIVE AND ENDOCRINE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT APES
- Chapter 5. THE FEMALE APE GENITAL TRACT AND ITS SECRETIONS
- Chapter 6. THE MALE APE GENITAL TRACT AND ITS SECRETIONS
- Chapter 7. COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF APE STEROID HORMONE METABOLISM
- Chapter 8. LABORATORY RESEARCH ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE GREAT APES
- Chapter 9. CHIMPANZEE REPRODUCTION IN THE WILD
- Chapter 10. GORILLA REPRODUCTION IN THE WILD
- Chapter 11. ORANGUTAN REPRODUCTION IN THE WILD
- Chapter 12. INTERMALE COMPETITION AND THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE GREAT APES
- Chapter 13. SEXUAL SELECTION IN MAN AND THE GREAT APES
- Chapter 14. BREEDING GREAT APES IN CAPTIVITY
- Chapter 15. VETERINARY MANAGEMENT OF GREAT APES FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
- Chapter 16. GREAT APES AS MODELS IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
- Index