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"^ CONTENTS 



J oliime I 



Foreword. George W. Corner i^ 



Edgar Allen. William C. Youny xiii 



Preface to Third Edition x\i 



Preface to First Edition xxiii 



section a 

 Biologic Basis of Sex 



1. Cytologic and Genetic Basis of Sex. /. W. Gowen 3 



2. Role of Hormones in the Differentiation of Sex. R. K. Burns 76 



section b 



The Hypophysis and the Gonadotrophic Hormones in Relation 



TO Reproduction 



o. Morphology of the Hypophysis Related to Its Function. Herbert D. Purves . ... 161 



4. Physiology of the Anterior Hypophysis in Relation to Reproduction. Roy 



b. Greep ' .240 



section c 

 Physiology of the Gonads and Accessory Organs 



5. The Mammalian Testis. .4 . Albert 305 



(). The Accessory Reproductive Glands of Mammals. Dorothy Price and H. Guy 



Williams- Ashman 366 



7. The Mammalian Ovary. William C. Young , 449 



8. The Mammalian Female Reproductive Cycle and Its Controlling Mechanisms. 



John W. Everett .^ 497 



9. Action of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Reproductive Tract of Lower Primates. 



Frederick L. Hisaw and Frederick L. Hisaw, Jr 556 



10. The Mammary Gland and Lactation. A. T. Cowie and S. J. Folley 590 



1 1 . Some Problems of the IMetabolism and Mechanism of Action of Steroid Sex Hor- 



mones. Claude A . Villee 643 



12. Nutritional Effects on Endocrine Secretions. James H. Leathern 666 



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section d 

 Biology of Sperm and Ova, Fertilization, Implantation, the Placenta, 



AND Pregnancy 



13. Biology of Spermatozoa. David W. Bishop 707 



14. Biology of Eggs and Implantation. Richard J. Blandau. 797 



15. Histocliemistry and Electron Microscopy of the Placenta. George B. Wislocki 



and Helen Padykida 883 



16. Gestation. M. X. Zarroiv ''^^^^ 



section e 

 Physiology of Reproduction in Submammalian Vertebrates 



17. Endocrinology of Reproduction in Cold-blooded Vertebrates. Thomas R. Forbes. . 1035 



18. Endocrinology of Reproduction in Birds. Ari van Tienhoven 1088 



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