Viviparity combined with sustained invasive placentation is a unique reproductive innovation of placental mammals (Eutheria). This fact is remarkable as viviparity, of various kinds, is a quite frequent reproductive feature of animals in general. In this book, the authors argue that sustained invasive placentation faced a number of cell biological obstacles, known as biological paradoxa. In the evolution of eutherian mammals, each paradoxon was overcome by a specific evolutionary innovation that overcame the cellular biological constraint on the evolution of mammal-like viviparity. Each of these innovations also identifies specific mechanisms that entail clinical vulnerabilities of human pregnancy. The evolution of mammalian pregnancy is thus a paradigm of a significant evolutionary novelty, and this book exemplifies the conceptual tools necessary to explain evolutionary novelties in general, as well as the importance of an evolutionary and cell biological perspective on human reproductive health.
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Evolutionary Cell Biology of the Fetal-Maternal Interface
Reflections on Evolutionary Innovation
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Reflections on Evolutionary Innovation
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Phylogenetic and Developmental Context
- 3 The Many Faces of Viviparity
- 4 Evolutionary Paradoxa On the Way To the Fetal-Maternal Unit
- 5 The Natural History of Decidua
- 6 A Synthetic Scenario For the Origin of Decidual Cells
- 7 Recognition of Pregnancy: Coordinating Ovarian and Utero-Placental Function
- 8 “The Placenta” is Not a Unitary Character
- 9 The Nature of the Fetal-Maternal Relationship Has Consequences: Menstruation and Cancer
- 10 Explaining and Interpreting the Eutherian Pregnancy: Evidence, Models, and Metaphors
- Index
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Yes, you can access Evolutionary Cell Biology of the Fetal-Maternal Interface by Günter Wagner,Mihaela Pavličev,Günter P. Wagner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.