Comparative Placentation: Structures, Functions and Evolution

✍ Scribed by Peter Wooding, Graham Burton

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Science produces fascinating puzzles: why is there such a range of placental structures when other mammalian organs are so structurally uniform ? Why and how did the different placental structures evolve ? Comparative placental studies can facilitate the identification of the common factors in placental growth, differentiation and function and their relevance to possible evolutionary pathways. Comparative Placentation is the only book presenting up-to-date data illustrating the great variety of structure but uniform function of vertebrate placentas from fish to man. This information is essential for selection of suitable models to investigate particular practical problems of impaired or anomalous growth in human and animal placentation. The unique collection of the best light and electron micrographs from the last thirtyfive years which precisely illustrate the structural range in each taxon, make the book the most authoritative publication in this field and a vital source of information for anyone interested on reproductive physiology, anatomy and medicine.

✦ Table of Contents

Wooding FM.pdf
Wooding Ch01.pdf
Wooding Ch02.pdf
Wooding Ch03.pdf
Wooding Ch04.pdf
Wooding Ch05.pdf
Wooding Ch06.pdf
Wooding Ch07.pdf
Wooding Ch08.pdf
Wooding Ch09.pdf
Wooding Ch10.pdf
Wooding References.pdf
Wooding_Index.pdf