Mammals
by Lopez, Kristin H. Norris, David O.
This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respect…
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- Full title :Mammals / [edited by] David O. Norris, Kristin H. Lopez.
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This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates.
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- Publication Date:2011.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Academic Press
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
1 Introduction
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (411 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1283101238, 9781283101233, 9786613101235, 6613101230, 0080958044, 9780080958040
- oclc:on1113093610
- LC Classification:QL739.23
- Dewey Decimal:573.616
Table of Contents
Front Cover; Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates?Volume 5: Mammals; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates Preface to the Series; Preface to Hormones and Reproduction, Vol. 5 Mammals; Contributors; Chapter 1 Sexual Differentiation of the Mammalian Brain; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Overview; 3 The Organizational/Activational Hypothesis of Sexual Differentiation; 4 Advances in Mechanisms; 5 Summary and Future Directions; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 2 Neuroendocrine Control of Gonadotropins in Mammals; 1 Introduction to Gonadotropins
2 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)3 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptors; 4 Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 3 Endocrine and Paracrine Regulation ofMammalian Spermatogenesis; 1 Overview of Spermatogenesis; 2 Regulation of Stem Spermatogonia Via Growth Factors and Paracrine Interactions; 3 Endocrine Regulation of Spermatogenesis; 4 Future Directions; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4 The Endocrinology of the Mammalian Ovary; 1 Introduction; 2 Embryogenesis of the ovary; 3 The ovarian cycle; 4 Ovarian lifespan and reproductive aging
5 Ovarian events and re…
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