SUBJECT INDEX 



737 



Ferments, 289 ; of foetal blood, 465 ; con- 

 tent of placenta, 465 sq., 507 sq., 516 

 aq. ; proteolytic, 507 ; lipolytic, ib. ; 

 oxidation, U>. ; desamidase, ib. ; oxi- 

 daaes, ib. ; glycolytic, ib. See also 

 Enzyme 



Ferret, cestrous cycle in, 53 ; period of 

 gestation in, ib. ; uterine cycle in, 92 

 aq. ; formation of corpus luteum in, 

 144 ; maturation of ova in, 130 ; 

 ovulation in, 130, 134 ; discharge of 

 ova into Fallopian tube in. 1 .'{(' ; 

 n'strus in, 364; prochorion of, 406; 

 placenta of, 448 ; fertility in, 628 ; 

 foetal atrophy in, 656 



Fertility, 215, Chapter XIV., passim; 

 of bull-bison hybrid, 211 ; in Echinus 

 crosses, 211 ib. ; and in-breeding, 216 

 sqq. ; in crosa-breeding, 218 ; in man, 

 626 ; in sheep, 626, 627 sq., 632 sqq. ; 

 in dog, 626, 628 ; in bear, 626 ; in 

 elk, ib. ; effect of age on, ib. sq. ; in 

 guinea-pig, 627, 635 sq. ; in rabbit, 627 

 sq., 636 ; in cattle, 627 ; in fowl, t"6. ; 

 in pig, ib. sq., 636 ; effect of environ- 

 ment and nutrition on, t"6. sqq. ; under 

 domestication, 628 ; in cat, ib. ; in 

 ferret, ib. ; in Gallu-s bankiva, ib. ; in 

 wild duck, 16. : in turkey, ib. ; in 

 goose, ib. ; in pigeon, ib. ; in pea-fowl, 

 ib. ; in plants, ib. ; in Suidae, Hi. ; 

 in Ruminants, 629 ; in Carnivora, 

 ib. ; in Canidae, ib. ; in Felidae, ib. ; 

 in Rodentia, ib. ; in monkey, ib. ; 

 in canary, i6. ; in gull, *6. ; in ostrich, 

 630 ; in duck, Hi. ; in plantigrades, 

 ib. ; in axolotls under experiment, 631 ; 

 effect of food on, in sheep, 634 ; share 

 of ram in, of sheep, 635 ; influence of 

 male on, 636 sq. ; effect of excessive 

 copulation on, 637 ; effect of prolonged 

 lactation on, ib. sq. ; effect of drugs 

 on, 638 sq. ; effect of in- breeding and 

 cross-breeding on, 639 sq. ; f hybrids, 

 >41 ; of lion-jaguar hybrid, ib. ; of 

 geese hybrids, \b. ; of Canis hybrids, t6.; 

 of Bovidse hybrids, 641 ; of Bos 

 hybrids, ib. ; of Bibos hybrids, ib. ; 

 of Bison- Bibos hybrids, tb. ; inherit- 

 ance of, 642 sqq. ; inheritance of, in 

 sheep, ib. ; inheritance of, in man, 

 i>4.'{ ; inheritance of, in horse, ib.; 

 inheritance of, in pig, ib. ; inheritance 

 of, in mice, ib. ; inheritance of, in fowl, 

 ib. aq. ; influence of abortion on, 650 

 sqq. ; problem of increase of, 657 sq. ; 

 in man, 658 nqq. 



Fertilisation, Chapter VI., passim ; in 

 Mammalia, \H'2 : in /,'</< o< JM. ib. ; in 

 Amphibia, ib. ; in Pisces, 16. ; in 

 Insecta, ib. ; in Echinodermata, 183 ; 

 in Coelenterata, ib. ; in bat, ib. ; in 

 Histribodella, 184; in Dinophilus, ib. ; 

 in Saccocirrus, 184, 193 ; in Turbellaria, 

 184; artificial, 185, 194, 230, 313; in 



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Xereis, 186 ; oxidation process of, 

 186 sq., 187 ; in Rana fusca, 187 ; 

 in Stronglocentrotus, 194 ?. ; in Cynthia, 

 190; in Aster ias, 194 sq. ; hereditary 

 effects of, 197 sqq. ; conditions favour- 

 able for, 210; artificial aids to, 229; 

 nature of, 234 sqq. ; in Asterina, 235 ; 

 in Asterias, 235 sq. ; in sea-urchin, 236 ; 

 in Lottia, ib. ; in Polynoe, ib. ; bio- 

 chemistry of, 313 sqq. ; ovum after, 

 405 sqq. ; movements of ova after, 

 407 ; effect of, on sex-determination, 

 tit if! sqq. 



Fertilisin, 317 



Fetid toad, oviposition in, 135 



Fibrin, 395 sq. 



" Fibrinstreifen " of man, 502 



Filiform process of penis, 259 sqq. 



Finch, form of spermatozoa in, 169 



Fire- bellied toad, oviposition in, 135 



Fish, breeding season in, 4, 15 sqq. ; 

 fertilisation in, 182 ; artificial impregna- 

 tion in, 176 ; polyspermy in, 183 ; 

 hybridisation of, 213 sq. ; biochemistry 

 of sexual organs in, 289 ; composition 

 of eggs of, 290 ; longevity in, 722. See 

 also Pisces 



Florence's reaction, 301 



" Florence's reagent," 299 



Flowering plants, development of, 7 n. 



Flushing, practice of, in sheep, 41, 634 sq. 



Flying fox, see Pteropus 



Fly larvae, sex-determination in, 664 



Foetal atrophy, 636, 656 sq. 



Foetal nutrition and the placenta, 

 Chapter X., passim. 



Foetal membranes, Chapter X., Part 3 



Foetus, villi of, in sheep, 431 ; source of 

 fat of, 450, 458 ; glycogen in, 462, 

 538 sq., 553 ; absorption of oxygen by, 

 464 sq. ; ferments of blood of, 465 ; 

 respiration of, in man, 504 sq. ; energy 

 requirement of, 525 ; carbohydrate 

 requirement of, 538 sq. ; origin of fat 

 of, 543 ; ash constituents of, in man, 

 547 ; synthesis of haemoglobin in. 

 548 ; respiratory quotient of, 552 sq. 



Follicular atresia, in man, 147 ; in guinea- 

 pig, 151 ; in cat, ib. ; in rabbit, 149, 

 151, 153, 154 ; in sparrow, 152 sq. ; 

 corpus luteum in, 153 sq. ; in Dasyurus, 

 ib. 



Follicle cells, 113, 119 



Food, influence of, on sex-determination, 

 662 sqq. 



Fowl, breeding season in, 21 sq. ; effect 

 of domestication on, 24 ; ovulation in, 

 134 n. ; formation of corpus luteum in, 

 146 ; polyspermy in, 183 ; Mendelism 

 in. 200 ; transplantation of ovary of, 

 209, 343 ; protein in egg of, 277 ; 

 sugar in egg of, ib. ; cholesterin in egg 

 of, 277, 279, 282 ; fat in egg of, 277 ; 

 Ic.'ithin in egg of, 277, 279 sq., 282; 

 chlorine in egg of, 278 ; potash in egg 



