In this, our Second Edition of Reproduction in Mammals, we are responding to numerous requests for a more up-to-date and rather more detailed treatment of the subject. The First Edition was accorded an excellent reception, but the first five books were written ten years ago and inevitably there have been advances on many fronts since then. As before, the manner of presentation is intended to make the subject matter interesting to read and readily comprehensible to undergraduates in the biological sciences, and yet with sufficient depth to provide a valued source of information to graduates engaged in both teaching and research. Our authors have been selected from among the best known in their respective fields. This volume discusses the manifold ways in which hormones control the reproductive processes in male and female mammals. The hypothalamus regulates both the anterior and posterior pituitary glands, whilst the pineal can exert a modulating influence on the hypothalamus. The pituitary gonadotrophins regulate the endocrine and gametogenic activities of the gonads, and there are important local feedback effects of hormones within the gonads themselves. Non-pregnant females display many different types of oestrous or menstrual cycles, and there are likewise great species differences in the endocrinology of pregnancy. But the hallmark of mammals is lactation, and this also exerts a major control on subsequent reproductive activity.
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endocrine neurones, conventional neurones, luteotrophic complex, lactational inhibition, pulsation chamber, magnocellular neurones, posterior pituitary peptides, placental endocrine function, seasonally polyoestrous, reflex milk ejection, intramammary pressure, endometrial cups, surge system, mammary growth, luteal regression, myometrial activity, magnocellular nuclei, oestrogen secretion, hypothalamic neurones, thecal cells, gonadotrophin secretion, spontaneous ovulators, suckling stimulus, pregnancy maintenance, luteal function Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Second Edition, Academic Press, First Edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford Reviews of Reproductive Biology, Hormone Research, Recent Progress, Old World, Biology of Reproduction, John Wright, Physiological Reviews, Western Australia New!
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endocrine neurones, conventional neurones, luteotrophic complex, lactational inhibition, pulsation chamber, magnocellular neurones, posterior pituitary peptides, placental endocrine function, seasonally polyoestrous, reflex milk ejection, intramammary pressure, endometrial cups, surge system, mammary growth, luteal regression, myometrial activity, magnocellular nuclei, oestrogen secretion, hypothalamic neurones, thecal cells, gonadotrophin secretion, spontaneous ovulators, suckling stimulus, pregnancy maintenance, luteal function Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Comparative Morphology of the Mammalian Ovary by Harland W. Mossman on page 94, and page 96
- Conception in the Human Female by Robert Geoffrey Edwards on page 114, and page 194
- Clinical Physiology in Obstetrics 3E by Geoffrey Chamberlain on page 191, and page 194
- Human Milk in the Modern World: Psychosocial, Nutritional and Economic Significance by D.B. Jelliffe on page 231
- Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction by S.A. Asdell on page 152
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- When Did I Begin?: Conception of the Human Individual in History, Philosophy and Science by Norman Ford on 10 pages
- Sex Determination, Differentiation and Intersexuality in Placental Mammals by R. H. F. Hunter on 8 pages
- Gametes - The Oocyte (Cambridge Reviews in Human Reproduction) by J. G. Grudzinskas on 5 pages
- Female Reproductive Aging by F.J. Broekmans on page 122, page 218, and page 220
- Hormones, Second Edition by Anthony W. Norman on page 115, page 120, and page 121
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