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Examining mating from the male perspective, this book provides an overview of mammalian reproduction to illustrate the important role that male desire plays in the life of mammals. Written in a conversational style that will appeal to those without specialist knowledge of the field, it begins with a broad overview of sexual reproduction in mammals, explaining the importance of mixing genes, sexual selection and the concept of mating seasons. Subsequent chapters examine some of the most important aspects in detail including mating behaviour, the structure and function of the male organs of reproduction and their physiological control and modes of copulation. A final chapter considers human reproduction, explaining how our physical and social evolution have contributed to the development of sexual behaviour that is markedly different to that of other mammals, due in particular to the absence of oestrus and seasonality in the human female.

Mammals --- Generative organs, Male --- Men --- Sexual behavior in animals. --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General. --- Reproduction. --- Sexual behavior --- Evolution. --- Sexual behavior. --- Animals --- Breeding behavior --- Copulation behavior in animals --- Copulation in animals --- Copulatory behavior in animals --- Copulatory pattern (Animal behavior) --- Mating behavior --- Reproductive behavior --- Sex behavior in animals --- Animal behavior --- Male sexuality --- Male generative organs --- Male generative tract --- Male genital system --- Male genital tract --- Male genitalia --- Male reproductive system --- Male reproductive tract --- Andrology --- Generative organs --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Vertebrates

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This contemporary account of male fertility provides a much needed bridge between those seeking to understand the subject from an evolutionary and biological perspective and those with clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with the evolutionary aspects of male reproduction and sperm competition, sperm production and delivery in man and other animals, spermatogenesis and epididymal function, sperm transport in the female tract and the apparent decline in human sperm count. The second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical problems and opens with a discussion of intracytoplasmic sperm injection, its value and limitations. This is followed by a review of modern developments in the genetics of male fertility and proceeds to a further chapter on the role of surgical procedures used in the treatment. Semen analysis is critically reviewed and the molecular techniques now being used in preimplantation diagnosis and in the study of mitochondrial inheritance are fully described. Taken together these chapters, written by an international team of authors, illustrate the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility.

Infertility, Male. --- Fertility, Human. --- Generative organs, Male --- Male generative organs --- Male generative tract --- Male genital system --- Male genital tract --- Male genitalia --- Male reproductive system --- Male reproductive tract --- Andrology --- Generative organs --- Human fertility --- Natality --- Demography --- Human reproduction --- Infertility --- Male infertility --- Male sterility --- Sterility, Male --- Evolution. --- Diseases