Male Fertility and Infertility [Paperback]

This contemporary account illustrates the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility.This timely 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 a clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of male infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with evolutionary aspects of male fertility and reproduction whilst the second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical matters and the treatment of male infertility. Taken together, these chapters, written by an international team of authors, aim to focus attention on some of the more crucial and controversial aspects of male fertility.This timely 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 a clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of male infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with evolutionary aspects of male fertility and reproduction whilst the second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical matters and the treatment of male infertility. Taken together, these chapters, written by an international team of authors, aim to focus attention on some of the more crucial and controversial aspects of male fertility.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 male infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with 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 palÃ%