A guide to reproduction : social issues and human concerns / Irina Pollard.
The purpose of this comprehensive text is to increase awareness of human reproduction and its consequences. The central theme links reproductive capacity, the social consequences of the multiple stresses this places on the environment and the ways this relates back to the reproductive health of huma...
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1994.
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Table of Contents:
- [1] Reproductive biology: Fertility and infertility. Sex determination and gamete maturation. Neuroendocrine control of puberty. Control of menstrual cycle. The testis and control of spermatogenesis. Sexual behaviour and pheromones. Sociobiology and reproductive success. Fertilization and the initiation of development. Maternal physiology during gestation and fetal development. Paturition and lactation : hormonal control. Parental behaviour and the physiology of the neonate. Decline in male reproduction and the menopause
- [2] Reproduction and social issues: Population dynamics, stress and the general theory of adaptation. Extinctions and the conservation of endangered species. Artificial control of fertility. Hormonal contributions to errors of sexual differentiation. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic : a global emergency. The effect of nutrition and exercise on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Principles of teratology and an update on nicotine, ethanol and caffeine abuse. Ethical aspects of human reproductive biology.