Johnson, M. H.

Essential reproduction / At head of title : Johnson & Everitt’s 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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


Mammals--Reproduction.
Reproduction--Adolescents--Uganda.
Mammals--Physiology.

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