Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation Progress and Prospects [Paperback]

Reproductive biology is more than the development of techniques for helping with too little or too much breeding. While some of the relevant techniques are useful for individual species, technical developments have to be backed up by thorough biological understanding of the background behind the problems. This book is therefore threefold; (1) it provides a snapshot of the state of the art in terms of species-specific reproductive technologies, whether for individual animals or whole taxonomic groups; (2) it sets the reproductive problems in context and emphasizes the links between animal-based problems and the wider world, e.g. reproductive fitness and (3) it looks forward and presents realistic assessments of how effective some of the more recently developed techniques in reproductive technology might be at combating extinctions. This is a wide-ranging book that will be relevant to anyone involved in reproductive biology or in species conservation and provides provide them some useful perspectives about the real utility of current and emerging technologies. It has contributions from experts in reproduction and related fields.Foreword - Richard Black Introduction: Reproductive science as an essential component of conservation biology - William V. Holt, Janine Brown, Pierre Comizzoli Mayday Mayday Mayday, the millennium ark is sinking! - Steve Monfort Climate change, extinction risks, and reproduction of terrestrial vertebrates - Cynthia Carey Impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction in wildlife - Emmelianna Kumar, William V. Holt The role of genomics in conservation and reproductive sciences - Warren Johnson, Klaus Koepfli The epigenetic basis of adaptation and responses to environmental change: perspective on human reproduction - Agust?n F. Fern?ndez, Estela Garc?a Tora?o, Roc?o Gonz?lez Urdinguio, Abel Gayo Lana, Ignacio Arnott Fern?ndez, Mario F. Fraga The Black-footed Ferret: On the Brink of Recovery? - Rachel M. Santymire, Travis M. Livieri, lƒ8