Essential Reproduction

by Johnson, Martin H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Essential Reproduction.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018.
Edition:8th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Place of Publication:Newark
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

Notes

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (427 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119246459, 1119246458, 9781119246473, 1119246474
oclc:on1020029149
LC Classification:QL739.2 .J646 2018
Dewey Decimal:599.01/6

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; How toÂ use this book; Acknowledgements; About theÂ companion website; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 What is reproduction?; Reproductive strategies; Reproductive life cycles; Conclusions; Key learning points; Clinical vignette; Further reading; Chapter 2 The infrastructure of reproduction; The reproductive hardware; The brain, hypothalamus andÂ pituitary; Reproductive messengers; General features ofÂ reproductive hormones; Conclusions; Key learning points; Clinical vignette; Further reading; Part 2 Making women and men.

Chapter 3 SexThe genetic determinant ofÂ sex is located onÂ theÂ Y chromosome; When, where andÂ how does Sry act?; Sexual differentiation within theÂ gonads; Sexually dimorphic somatic differentiation depends onÂ theÂ endocrine activity ofÂ theÂ fetal testis; Conclusions; Key learning points; Clinical vignette; Further reading; Chapter 4 Sexual maturation; Prepubertal development; Puberty andÂ adolescence; A distinctive pattern ofÂ hormonal changes underlies puberty; The central nervous system plays aÂ key role inÂ theÂ onset ofÂ puberty; Conclusions; Key learning points; Further reading.

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