This series of volumes represents a comprehensive & integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals It is designed to provide a readable coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research & our understanding of reproductive events Whereas each chapter & each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group respectively the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates Terminology has been standardized across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature & a comprehensive glossary of these terms & their alternative names is provided