Reproduction In Mammals Volume 4 Reproductive Fitness

Download or read book Reproduction in Mammals: Volume 4, Reproductive Fitness written by Colin Russell Austin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-03-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, our second edition of Reproduction in Mammals, we are responding to numerous requests for a more recent and rather more detailed treatment of the subject. The first edition was accorded an excellent reception, but the Books 1 to 5 were written twelve years ago and inevitably there have been advances on many fronts since then. As before, the manner of presentation is intended to make the subject matter interesting to read and readily comprehensible to undergraduates in the biological sciences, and yet have sufficient depth to provide a valued source of information to graduates engaged in both teaching and research. Our authors have been selected from among the best known in their respective fields. Book 4 pays particular attention to genetic, environmental, behavioural and immunological mechanisms that can contribute to an animal's overall reproductive fitness, through which natural selection must ultimately operate.