Essential reproduction /
At head of title : Johnson & Everittâs
Martin H. Johnson.
- 6th ed.
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
- viii, 316 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Sex -- Gender and sexuality -- Reproductive messengers -- Testicular function in the adult -- Ovarian function in the adult -- Regulation o f gonadal function -- Puberty and the maturation of the hypothalamic-pi tuitary-gonadal axis -- Actions of steroid hormones in the adult -- Coi tus and fertilization -- Implantation and the establishment of the plac enta -- Maternal recognition and support of pregnancy -- The fetus and its preparations for birth -- Parturition -- Lactation and maternal beh aviour -- Fertility.