Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 2 Amphibians

About this book

This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates. Terminology has been standardised across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided.

Contents

1. Sex Determination and Sexual Differentiation in Amphibians
Stéphane Flament, Dominique Chardard, Amand Chesnel, and Hélène Dumond

2. Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction in Amphibians
Pei-San Tsai

3. Testicular Structure and Control of Sperm Development in Amphibians
Catherine R. Propper

4. Hormones and Female Reproductive System of Amphbians
Mari Carmen Uribe

5. Hormones, Sex Accessory Structures and Secondary Sexual Characters in Amphibians
David M. Sever and Nancy L. Staub

6. Stress and Reproduction in Amphibians
James A. Carr

7. Maternal Adaptations to Reproductive Modes in Amphibians
Hartmut Greven

8. Hormones and Reproductive Behavior in Amphibians
Sarah K. Woodley

9. Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Anuran Amphibians
Rakesh K. Rastogi, Claudia Pinelli, Gianluca Polese, Biagio D’Aniello, and Gabriella Chieffi-Baccari

10. Hormones and Reproductive Patterns in Urodele and Gymnophionid Amphibians.
David O. Norris

11. Endocrine Disruption of Amphibian Reproduction
David O. Norris and Elena M. Lopez

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Biography

Dr David Norris has done research in environmental endocrinology and neuroendocrinology for more than 50 years. Dr Norris is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado. He received his bachelor’s degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and his PhD in 1966 from the University of Washington. Dr Norris has worked in the area of forensic botany with Dr Jane H. Bock, since 1982, primarily on developing the use of plant cells in the gastrointestinal tract to aid in homicide investigations. Dr Norris and Dr Bock have been involved in investigations in numerous states as well as throughout the State of Colorado. Dr Norris has been certified as an expert witness in this area for the State of Colorado. With Dr Bock, Dr Norris also has consulted on other botanical evidence for criminal investigations. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in 2014.

Kristin H. Lopez teaches human reproductive biology through the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado-Boulder. With a background in comparative reproduction and endocrinology, she is an editor of the five-volume work Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates (Academic Press, 2011). Her ongoing work with Colorado Diversity Initiative promotes increased access to higher education of underrepresented students in STEM.