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Informationen zum Autor Professor Subramoniam DSc, FNA is Senior Scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Studies, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India. For the past four decades, he has been consistently working and publishing on various aspects of crustacean reproductive biology. He has authored or co-authored nearly 100 journal contributions in addition to scientific reviews and book chapters, and he has taught Developmental Biology and Reproductive Biology to MSc students of Madras University for 30 years. He has also been past Professor and Head of the Dept. of Zoology at Madras, and has received multiple national and international awards over his career, beginning with the Indo-US Fellowship Award/ Senior Fulbright Program in 1986-1987 to visit and work at the University of California, Bodega Marine Laboratory. He has continued to participate in international conferences and workshops including in the UK, US, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, Japan, Philippines, and Singapore.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Sex Determination
Chapter 2. Sex Differentiation
Chapter 3. Sexual Systems
Chapter 4. Mating Systems
Chapter 5. Mating Behavior
Chapter 6. Sex Pheromones
Chapter 7. Reproductive Cycle and Environmental Control
Chapter 8. Oogenesis
Chapter 9. Endocrine Regulation of Vitellogenesis
Chapter 10. Yolk Utilization and Embryonic Nutrition
Chapter 11. Spermatogenesis
Chapter 12. Spermatophore and Sperm Transfer Mechanisms
Chapter 13. Accessory Reproductive Glands
Chapter 14. Fertilization
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"This compendium would serve as an authoritative reference book for crustacean reproductive biologists, developmental biologists, comparative endocrinologists, invertebrate biologists, evolutionary biologists and aquaculture scientists and would be an asset to personal and institutional library collections." --Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy
