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®/ CONTENTS 



Volume I 



Foreword. George JV. Corner ix 



Edgar Allen. William C. Young xiii 



Preface to Third Edition xxi 



Preface to First Edition xxiii 



section a 

 Biologic Basis of Sex 



1. Cytologic and Genetic Basis of Sex. J. 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 



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



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



0. Greep .240 



section c 

 Physiology of the Gonads and Accessory Organs 



5. The Mammalian Testis. A. Albert 305 



6. 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 ]\Iechanisms. 



John W. Everett 497 



9. Action of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Reproductive Ti-act of Lower Primates. 



Frederick L. Hisaw and Frederick L. Hisaw, Jr 55() 



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



11. Some Problems of the IVIetabolism and Mechanism of Action of Steroid Sex Hor- 



mones. Claude A . Villee 643 



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



Volume II 



SECTION D 



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



and prec4nancy 



13. Biology of Spermatozoa. David W. Bishop 707 



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



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



and Helen Padykula 883 



16. Gestation. M. X. Zarrow 958 



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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