Format:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 531 p. 52 illus., 10 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9781461440604
Series Statement:
Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects 37
Content:
The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational processes of primate development. The book is organized thematically along the developmental trajectory:conception, pregnancy, lactation, the mother-infant dyad, broader social relationships, and transitions to independence. In this volume, the authors showcase the myriad approaches to understanding primate developmental trajectories from both proximate and ultimate perspectives. These collected chapters provide insights from experimental manipulations in captive settings to long-term observations of wild-living populations and consider levels of analysis from molecule to organism to social group to taxon. Strepsirrhines, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are all well-represented. Contributions by anthropologists, microbiologists, psychologists, population geneticists, and other primate experts provide Building Babies a uniquely diverse voice. Building Babies features multi- and trans-disciplinary research approaches to primate developmental trajectories and is particularly useful for researchers and instructors in anthropology, animal behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology. This book also serves as a supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate seminars on primate life history and development. In these contexts, the book provides exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives on developmental trajectories and models how researchers might productively integrate such approaches into their own work.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Building Babies; Preface; Contents; Part I: Conception and Pregnancy; Chapter 1: Inflammation, Reproduction, and the Goldilocks Principle; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Modulates In fl ammation?; 1.2.1 Energetics; 1.2.2 Psychosocial Stress; 1.2.3 Immune Stress, Maintenance and Development; 1.3 How Much In fl ammation Is "Just Right?"; 1.3.1 Ovarian Function; 1.3.2 Endometrial Function; 1.3.3 Pregnancy; 1.4 The Moral of the Story: Implications for Biological Anthropology; References; Chapter 2: The Primate Placenta as an Agent of Developmental and Health Trajectories Across the Life Course
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2.1 Introduction2.2 De fi ning the Placenta; 2.3 How the Placenta Builds Babies; 2.3.1 Glucose Metabolism and Transport; 2.3.2 Amino Acid Metabolism and Transport; 2.3.3 Fatty Acid Metabolism and Transport; 2.4 The Placenta in Fetal Growth Disorders: Intersections with Maternal Ecology; 2.4.1 The Placenta in IUGR Due to Maternal Nutrient Restriction; 2.5 The Placenta in the Program: Linking Placental Growth and Function with Adult Health; 2.5.1 Maternal Nutrition and Stress, the Placenta, and Offspring Health in Adulthood
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2.6 Placental Developmental Plasticity and Reproductive Programming as Evolutionary Mechanisms2.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Placental Development, Evolution, and Epigenetics of Primate Pregnancies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy; 3.3 Variation in the Intrauterine Environment Among Primates: Focus on the Placenta; 3.4 Epigenetics in Pregnancy; 3.4.1 Histone Modi fi cation and DNA Methylation; 3.4.2 Gene Imprinting; 3.4.3 Imprinting of IGF2 and H19 in Primates; 3.4.4 ncRNAs and X-Chromosome Inactivation
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3.4.5 Epigenetics of Fetal Development Is In fl uenced by the External Environment3.4.6 Four Embryonic Lineages; 3.5 Summary; References; Chapter 4: Nutritional Ecology and Reproductive Output in Female Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes): Variation Among and Within Populations; 4.1 Nutritional Ecology, Reproductive Output, and Demography in Primate Populations; 4.2 Energy Availability, Demographic Rates, and Reproductive Output in Chimpanzees; 4.3 Fallback Strategies and Variability in Reproductive Output Among Chimpanzee Populations; 4.3.1 Gombe National Park, Tanzania
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4.3.2 Mahale Mountains, Tanzania4.3.3 Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire; 4.3.4 Bossou, Guinea; 4.3.5 Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda; 4.3.6 Kibale National Park, Uganda; 4.4 In fl uence of Small-Scale Ecological Variation on Female Nutritional Ecology and Chimpanzee Population Density: Case Study from Kibale National Park (KNP), Uganda; 4.5 Summary/Conclusion; 4.6 Directions for Future Research; References; Part II: From Pre- to Post-natal Life; Chapter 5: Prenatal Androgens Affect Development and Behavior in Primates; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Endogenous Origins of Androgens During Fetal Development
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5.2.1 Fetal Origins of Androgen
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781461440598
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. ISBN 978-1-461-44059-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-4060-4
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