THE GERM-CELL CYCLE IN ANIMALS

By RICHARD THOMPSON

PART I INTRODUCTION 1 REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2 “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY”, THE MILLENNIUM ARK IS SINKING! PART II THE BIG PICTURE: CAN SPECIES SURVIVE AND ADAPT IN A CHANGING WORLD? 3 CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTINCTION RISKS, AND REPRODUCTION OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES 4 IMPACTS OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS ON REPRODUCTION IN WILDLIFE 5 THE ROLE OF GENOMICS IN CONSERVATION AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 6 THE EPIGENETIC BASIS OF ADAPTATION AND RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION CONTENTS 7 THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET: ON THE BRINK OF RECOVERY? 8 COMPARATIVE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF ELEPHANTS 9 THE KOALA (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS): A CASE STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN A MARSUPIAL 10 REPRODUCTION AND ADVANCES IN REPRODUCTIVE STUDIES IN CARNIVORES 11 METHODS TO EXAMINE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY IN FREE-RANGING, FULLY-MARINE MAMMALS 12 AMPHIBIAN DECLINES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: WHY WE NEED ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES 13 THE REALITY, USE AND POTENTIAL FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF CORAL REEFS 14 RECENT ADVANCES AND PROSPECTS IN GERMPLASM PRESERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES 15 SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION AND ITS ROLE IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 16 SOMATIC CELLS, STEM CELLS, AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS: HOW DO THEY NOW CONTRIBUTE TO CONSERVATION? 17 BIOSAFETY IN EMBRYOS AND SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION, STORAGE, MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORT 18 FERTILITY CONTROL IN WILDLIFE: REVIEW OF CURRENT STATUS, INCLUDING NOVEL AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES 19 CLONING THE MAMMOTH: A COMPLICATED TASK OR JUST A DREAM? 20 CONCLUSIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND REPRODUCTION