Johnson, M. H.

Johnson & Everitt's Essential Reproduction / At head of title: Johnson & Everitt's Martin H. Johnson. - 6th ed. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2007. - viii, 316 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Sex -- Gender and sexuality -- Reproductive messengers -- Testicular function in the adult -- Ovarian function in the adult -- Regulation of gonadal function -- Puberty and the maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis -- Actions of steroid hormones in the adult -- Coitus and fertilization -- Implantation and the establishment of the placenta -- Maternal recognition and support of pregnancy -- The fetus and its preparations for birth -- Parturition -- Lactation and maternal behaviour -- Fertility.

9781405118668 (alk. paper) 1405118660 (alk. paper)


Mammals--Reproduction.
Reproduction--physiology.
Mammals--physiology.

573.619 / JOH