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SUBJECT INDEX 



Mating behavior (cont.) 

 guinea pig 

 experience and, 1340 

 masculinized females, 1199-1200 

 hormonal regulation, organization vs. activa- 

 tion, 1199-1202 

 hypophysis and, 1210 

 masculine behavior by female, 1186, 1187 

 hormonal basis, 1190-1191 

 nymphomania, 1191-1192 

 male (see also Courtship behavior), 1175-1186 

 adrenal androgen and, 1183-1184 

 androgen and, 1184-1186 

 appetitive compared with consummatory 



mechanisms, 1207, 1209 

 arousal mechanism, androgen and, 1207-1208 

 arousal responses, 1178-1179 

 castration and, 1177, 1180-1184 

 cat 

 castration and, 1179 

 experience and, 1340 

 consummatory mechanism, androgen and, 



1207 

 consummatory responses, 1177-1178 

 copulation, ambiguity of term, 1181 

 development of, 1177 

 dog, depression by estrogen, 350 

 duality of functions (mechanisms), 1177-1179, 



1207-1209 

 ejaculation potential, 723, 1175-1176 

 guinea pig 



androgen and development of, 1186 

 descriptive, 1176 



experience and development of, 1178, 1218 

 hyperexcitabilitv, 1208 



of castrates, 1182 

 oxygen consumption and, 1212 

 precocity, ineffectiveness of androgen, 1394 

 responsiveness to androgen and character 



of soma, 1390 

 strain differences, 1192-1193 

 hamster, descriptive, 1177 

 individual differences, 1179-1180 

 amount of androgen and, 1180 

 lack of relation to semen, 1180 

 mechanism of androgen action, 1207-1209 

 methods of scoring, 1176-1177 

 oxygen consumption and, 1211, 1212 

 rat 



androgen and development of, 1186, 1202 



decortication and, 1178 



descriptive, 1175-1176 



estrogen and, 1201-1202 



experience and development of, 1340 



hyperexcitability, 1208 



of castrates, 1182 

 hypothalamic mediation, 1349 

 maintenance dose of androgen, 1202 

 protein deficiency and, 679 

 rate of cast rational involution, 1183 

 replacement of female and, 1176 

 stability of patterns, 1179-1180 

 mechanism of hormone action, 1204-1209 

 mode of inheritance, 1215 

 monkey, maturation of, parental care and, 1358- 



1359 

 neural correlates 



central nervous system, 1205-1209 

 peripheral structures, 1208 

 neural mechanisms 

 concept of "centers," 1350-1351 

 male compared with female, 1205 

 patterning of 



absence of gonads and, 1222 



Mating behavior (cont.) 

 patterning of (cont.) 



andi'ogon given prenatally and, 1222 

 expericnial factors and, 1217-1221 

 genetic factors and, 1217-1219 

 perii)li(Mal mediation, 1183, 1208-1209, 1344-1346 

 Phithtiiiiiudidne, reversed roles, 1284 

 rabl)its, EI'XI arousal thresholds, 1205, 1206 

 rat compared with guinea pig, 1220 

 responsiveness compared with vigor, 1192-1193 

 ring dove, masculine behavior by female, 1279 

 sex intergrade pig, 1199 

 sex reversal in Betta splendens, 1065 

 snakes, role of spurs, 1044 

 snow bunting, courtship bj' mnle and, 1276 

 somatic basis, 1213-1221 

 thyroid and, 347, 1210-1213 

 Mating season, snakes, temporal relation to 



ovulation, 1050 

 Mating types 

 in bacteria, 44 

 in Euplotes, 44 

 in heterothallic fungi, 43 

 in Paramecium, 44 

 Maturation of behavior patterns, critical period, 



1404 

 Mauthner's cells, thyroid and atrophy of, 1348 

 Maxillarv teeth, Desmognathus, androgen and, 



1047 

 Medaka (see Oryzias sp.) 

 Median cmiiuMice 



birds, histology, 1135 

 mammals, 163-164, 166 

 zonation, 274-275 

 Megadyptes antipodes, incubation temperature, 



1355 

 Megapodiidae 

 incubation, 1295 

 nest, 1270 



nest-t)uilding, role of sexes, 1270 

 precocial young, 1298 

 Melandrium (Lychnis alba) 

 chromosomes 

 pattern, 36 

 sex values of, 37-38 

 sex chromosomes, fertility factor in Y, 51 

 sex determination, 25, 35-40 



order of sex factors in Y chromosome, 39-40 

 sex reversal, 37 

 sexual bipotentiality, 37 

 Meleagris gallopavo (see Turkey) 

 Melopsittacus undulatus 

 egg laying 



determinate, 1144 

 light and, 1142 



sounds by other birds and, 1142, 1280 

 gametogenesis, inherent cycles, 1141 

 ovulation, visual stimulus inhibition of, 1144 

 seasonal reproductive activity, light and, 1140 

 social organization, 1242 

 Melospiza melodia, nest-building, experience and, 

 1334 

 role of sexes, 1271 



temporal relation to egg-laying, 1273 

 Memory, and erotic arousal, 1398 

 Menopause 



cultural lore, 1468 



hypophyseal gonadotrophins, follicle -stimulat- 

 ing hormone luteinizing hormone ratios, 

 259 

 Menstrual cycle (see also Reproductive cycle) 

 monkey, length, 558 

 phases, 557, 584 



