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Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology

By E. Edward Bittar , Neville Bittar

Book information

Publisher
JAI Press(NY)
Year
1998
ISBN
9780080544588, 9781559388177, 155938817X
LCC
RG558.5 .R47 1998
Open Library ID
OL358745M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20075705 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
354\355
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Hardbound. We have now reached the mid-point of our editorial task of putting together the compendium, Principles of Medical Biology, which is supposed to be composed of twenty-five modules. The present single-volume module on reproductive endocrinology and biology is in more than one respect a continuation of Module 10 (in two volumes) dealing with molecular and cellular endocrinology. In addition, it intersects, as it should, with various parts of obstetrics and gynaecology, both of which are abetted by technology. One has only to recall that the practical benefits of ultrasound in perinatal medicine and in vitro fertilisation are the outcome of the technological revolution in biomedicine. Whether we are approaching a new era in reproductive biology following the invention of animal cloning is still hard to tell. For some people, it remains an article of faith that cloning of the human being is highly probable. For others, asexual reproduction is anathe

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