Overview
The fifth edition of Vertebrate Endocrinology provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates. It begins by emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that terminology and understanding to non-mammals. The text explains the intricate relationships among all of the body systems and their regulation by hormones and other bioregulators at different stages of an animal’s life cycle, also giving the reader a sense of their development through evolutionary time. From feeding and metabolism to reproduction and the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis, this book covers a wide range of chemical bioregulation. Extensive appendices cover vertebrate phylogeny and evolution, bioassays, tissue types, comparative pituitary cytology and more.
Vertebrate Endocrinology is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in the biological sciences, animal sciences, and veterinary sciences as well as endocrine researchers in comparative, veterinary, and mammalian endocrinology.
- New full-color format includes more than 450 full-color, completely redrawn images.
- Companion website hosts all images from the book as PowerPoint slides and .jpg files.
- All chapters are completely updated, including new clinical correlation vignettes.
Audience: This book is an undergraduate biology majors textbook in endocrinology. Most of these classes are taught as comparative vertebrate endocrinology courses and are taken by students entering fields as diverse as ecology, wildlifebiology, medicine, evolutionary biology physiology, cell biology, and neuroscience. There is a significant secondary audience of faculty, researchers, graduate students, and industrial animal scientists who need a thorough and up-to-date account of vertebrate endocrinology. Because the book is focused upon a relatively advanced level, it should also sell to libraries at institutions with strong programs in the above disciplines.
Synopsis
Vertebrate Endocrinology represents more than just a treatment of the endocrine system-it integrates hormones with other chemical bioregulatory agents not classically included with the endocrine system. It provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals. The serious reader will gain both an understanding of the intricate relationships among all of the body systems and their regulation by hormones and other bioregulators, but also a sense of their development through evolutionary time as well as the roles of hormones at different stages of an animal's life cycle.Includes new full color format includes over 450 full color, completely redrawn imageFeatures a companion web site hosting all images from the book as PPT slides and .jpeg filesPresents completedly updated and revitalized content with new chapters, such as Endocrine Disrupters and Behavioral EndocrinologyOffers new clinical correlation vignettes throughout
Editorials
From the Publisher
Praise for the Third Edition:"...a good text for comparative endocrinology classes or classes composed of students from a wide variety of disciplines..."
-TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
"...succeeds in stimulating the scientific curiosity of readers and in conveying a sense of fascination for the intricate mechanisms and importance of endocrinology."
-GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY