This is a forward-looking clinical reference of definitive authority on today's headline controversies surrounding in vitro fertilization (IVF) and reproductive genetics. Written by leading experts from medicine, education, psychology, ethics, counseling, and other disciplines studying fertility and genetics, the book contains nearly 70 chapters in seven sections. The introductory section deals with biology, business, morality and society in IVF and reproductive genetics; other sections focus on IVF outcomes, personal ethics and business, biology of the egg, sperm and embryo, implantation, IVF and society, and such 21st century topics as space travel and human reproduction, the disappearing male,and the future of motherhood. Includes bibliographic references and index.
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This year, the last of the 20th century, is witness to a surge of knowledge and interest in reproductive biology, especially genetics, not seen since Charles Darwin described the origin of species and the descent of man, about 150 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monospermic embryos, viable human blastocysts, ova inseminated, donor insemination families, donor insemination parents, sperm chromatin structure assay, sperm centrosome, birth centile, pronucleate embryos, dominant follicle selection, unstimulated patients, assisted human reproduction, zygotic centrosome, bovine embryo development, spermatogenesis genes, mean sperm concentration, sequential culture media, pronuclear eggs, semen report, sperm decondensation, blastocyst development, multinucleated blastomeres, viable blastocysts, human oocytes, inappropriate differentiation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hum Reprod, Fertil Steril, United States, New York, Biol Reprod, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Reprod Fertil, Obstet Gynecol, Hum Genet, Dev Biol, Mol Reprod Dev, Latin America, United Kingdom, Cell Biol, Environ Health Perspect, Assist Reprod Genet, New Zealand, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Obstet Gynaecol, Van Blerkom, Fenil Steril, Nature Genet, Hum Mol Genet, Karl Ernst von Baer, Task Force New!
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This year, the last of the 20th century, is witness to a surge of knowledge and interest in reproductive biology, especially genetics, not seen since Charles Darwin described the origin of species and the descent of man, about 150 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monospermic embryos, viable human blastocysts, ova inseminated, donor insemination families, donor insemination parents, sperm chromatin structure assay, sperm centrosome, birth centile, pronucleate embryos, dominant follicle selection, unstimulated patients, assisted human reproduction, zygotic centrosome, bovine embryo development, spermatogenesis genes, mean sperm concentration, sequential culture media, pronuclear eggs, semen report, sperm decondensation, blastocyst development, multinucleated blastomeres, viable blastocysts, human oocytes, inappropriate differentiation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hum Reprod, Fertil Steril, United States, New York, Biol Reprod, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Reprod Fertil, Obstet Gynecol, Hum Genet, Dev Biol, Mol Reprod Dev, Latin America, United Kingdom, Cell Biol, Environ Health Perspect, Assist Reprod Genet, New Zealand, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Obstet Gynaecol, Van Blerkom, Fenil Steril, Nature Genet, Hum Mol Genet, Karl Ernst von Baer, Task Force New!
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- Preimplantation Genetics by A. Kuliev on 5 pages
- Fertility and Reproductive Medicine by Roger D. Kempers on 4 pages
- The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins on page 24, and page 31
- Handbook of In Vitro Fertilization by Alan O. Trounson on page 387, and page 388
- In Vitro Fertilization: A Practical Approach by David K. Gardner on page 387, and page 388
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- The Prenatal Person: Ethics from Conception to Birth by Norman M. Ford in Back Matter
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