Comparative Placentation Structures, Functions and Evolution /

• Main Authors: Wooding, Peter (Author), Burton, Graham (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Developmental Biology.; Human Physiology.

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 place...

Table of Contents:

• Placentation Fundamentals
• Implantation, Maternofetal Exchange and Vascular Relationships
• Fish, Amphibian, Bird and Reptile Placentation
• Monotreme and Marsupial Placentation
• Eutheria: Epitheliochorial Placentation Pig and Horse
• Synepitheliochorial Placentation : Ruminants (Ewe and Cow)
• Endotheliochorial Placentation : Cat, Dog, Bat
• Haemochorial Placentation: Mouse, Rabbit, Man, Apes, Monkeys
• Placental Immunology, Viviparity, Evolution
• Hybridisation, Cloning and Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.