Series: Reproductive
Biology and Phylogeny
Series editor:
Barrie G.M. Jamieson: School of Integrative Biology, University
of Queensland,St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Volume 5 : Reproductive
Biology and Phylogeny of Gymnophiona (Caecilians)
Volume Editors:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat : Laboratoire de Biologie générale,
Catholic University of Lyon and Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement
des Vertébrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France
ISBN 978-1-57808-312-1; 2006; c.404 pages, US $ 121.00
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One of the little known species in the danger of extinction, gymophionan amphibians,
are also known as caecilians or apoda. Gymnophiona contains 154 species belonging
to 34 genera and 6 families.
For many years, studies on the Gymnophiona were disparate and still only a few
species have been deeply studied. Fortunately, in recent years, some new works
have been published on their systematics, using both the classical methods as
well as immunology and molecular biology. New data have also been obtained on
the biology, life history, reproductive biology, endocrinology and embryonic
development of several species. These fascinating aspects along with other important
ones on gymnophionan studies are ably reviewed in this book.
Contents:
. A Brief History of Research on Gymnophionan Reproductive Biology and
Development:
Marvalee H. Wake
. Caecilian Phylogeny and Classification:
Mark Wilkinson and Ronald
A. Nussbaum
. Anatomy with Particular Reference to the Reproductive System:
Jean-Marie
Exbrayat and Jeanne Estabel
. Caecilian Male Mullerian Gland, with Special Reference to Uraeotyphlus
narayani:
Mohammad A. Akbarsha et al.
. Endocrinology of Reproduction in Gymnophiona:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat
. Caecilian Spermatogenesis:
Mathew Smita et al.
. Ultrastructure and Phylogeny of Caecilian Spermatozoa:
David M.
Scheltinga and Barrie G.M. Jamieson
. Oogenesis and Folliculogensis:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat
. Development of Gonads:
Elisabeth Anjubault and Jean-Marie Exbrayat
. Modes of Parity and Oviposition:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat
. Viviparity in Typhlonectes compressicauda:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat and
Souad Hraoui-Bloquet
. Fertilization and Embryonic Development:
Jean-Marie Exbrayat
. Index
