A guide to reproduction: social issues and human concerns
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Cambridge u.a.
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1994
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Preface and acknowledgements page xv
Part one: Reproductive biology
1 Fertility and infertility 3
Health determinants 3
Infertility: the price of excess fecundity? 6
Medical techniques for assisted reproduction 11
Surrogate parenthood 17
2 Sex determination and gamete maturation 21
Our origins 21
Sexual differentiation 22
Pseudohermaphroditism 29
Gametogenesis and maturation 29
Differentiation of sexual behaviour 36
Hormonal control of brain differentiation 38
3 Neuroendocrine control of puberty 41
The phases of puberty 42
Gonadal function during puberty 43
The adrenarche 45
The neuroendocrine control of puberty: an overview 46
Adolescent sexuality: behavioural aspects 50
Light, soltriol and reproduction 51
4 Control of the menstrual cycle 54
Gross anatomy 55
Steroid hormones 58
Pathways of steroid biosynthesis 60
Mechanism of ovulation 65
Mechanism of menstrual bleeding 68
Premenstrual syndrome 69
Historical attitudes to menstruation 71
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5 The testis and control of spermatogenesis 74
Gross anatomy 74
The spermatogenic cycle 76
Sertoli cells and the Sertoli cell barrier 78
Ley dig cells and the interstitial tissue 81
Testosterone biosynthesis, transport and metabolism 81
Spermatogenesis 83
Temperature and spermatogenesis 87
Maturation of spermatozoa 88
Immunology of spermatogenesis 88
Accessory sex glands: the formation and functions of
seminal plasma 89
Common modifiers of steroid hormone secretion
and fertility 90
6 Sexual behaviour and pheromones 94
The human male 96
The human female 97
Mate choice: conscious or unconscious? 98
Types of communication 99
Pheromones and mammalian reproduction 99
Pheromones in the rodent 102
Possible origins of a personal pheromone: the involvement
of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) 104
Overview 109
7 Sociobiology and reproductive success 113
Strategies of reproduction 114
Evidence of strategies favouring sperm competition 116
The biological basis of female choice 122
The biological basis of parenting 122
The biological basis of altruism and aggression 124
8 Fertilization and the initiation of development 126
Preconceptual care 126
Sperm migration 128
Ovum pick up and survival 130
Sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction 132
Fusion and ovum activation 133
Early embryogenesis 135
Maternal recognition of pregnancy 140
Genomic imprinting 142
Contents xi
9 Maternal physiology during gestation and
fetal development 146
The placenta as a matemal fetal interface 146
The placenta as an endocrine organ 156
Nutrient utilization during gestation 159
10 Parturition and lactation: hormonal control 165
A Parturition 165
Uterine contractions and cervical ripening 166
Hormonal effects on the myometrium and the cervix 168
Overview 172
B Lactation 174
Storage of milk within the mammary gland 174
Lactogenesis 177
The milk ejection reflex 179
Lactation and nutrition 181
11 Parental behaviour and the physiology
of the neonate 185
The period of gestation 185
The physical adaptation of the newborn to
extrauterine life 187
The significance of low birthweight and associated
risk factors 193
Sudden infant death syndrome, maternal drug abuse
and IUGR 195
The privilege of reproduction: individual and collective
responsibility 197
Adaptation to motherhood 198
12 Decline in male reproduction and the menopause 205
Neuroendocrine control of senescence: animal experiments 206
Reproductive senescence in men 208
Reproductive senescence in women 210
Postmenopausal phenomena 215
Sex steroid hormone replacement therapy 219
Part two: Reproduction and social issues
13 Population dynamics, stress and the
general theory of adaptation 225
A Demography and stress: adaptation and stress 225
The link between population density and reproduction 228
Common modifiers of the stress response 234
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B Demography and stress: hormonal factors 237
Biochemical aspects of the general adaptation syndrome 237
Stress and aggression: a view from sociobiology 239
The energetics of fertility: ethical considerations 241
Where does the limit lie? 244
How to cope with our individual limit 246
14 Extinctions and the conservation of
endangered species 249
A Survival of the fittest 249
Endangered animals and the phenomenon of species
extinction 250
The value of genetic diversity 253
Conservation 255
The present situation 261
B Conservation by management 262
Tactics of conservation 266
15 Artificial control of fertility 274
Historical perspective 274
New approaches to fertility regulation 279
The prevention of the formation or release of gametes 280
The prevention of fertilization 292
The prevention of implantation or development of the
early embryo 298
Overview 305
16 Hormonal contributions to errors of
sexual differentiation 307
Exposure to synthetic hormonally active agents 308
Exposure to naturally occurring biologically active
compounds 314
17 The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
epidemic: a global emergency 320
Historical background 320
HIV and the immune system: pathogenic properties and
evolutionary considerations 324
Body fluids and infection 326
Antiviral drugs and chemotherapy 328
The search for a vaccine 330
HIV infection during pregnancy 331
Strategies for the prevention and control of AIDS 333
Adolescent sexuality 335
Contents xiii
18 The effect of nutrition and exercise on the
hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis 338
Nutrition and the menstrual cycle 338
Food restriction in the female rat 339
Food restriction in the human 341
Eating disorders 342
The relationship between hyperactivity and food supply 344
Women and exercise: modern trends 346
Men and exercise 347
Pregnancy and exercise 349
19 Principles of teratology and an update on
nicotine, ethanol and caffeine abuse 353
Developmental toxicology 353
Teratogenesis 354
The critical phase of intrauterine development 357
Teratogenicity: ethical and legal considerations 359
The biochemistry and physiology of drug abuse 361
Nicotine 361
Ethanol 367
Caffeine 370
Overview 374
20 Ethical aspects of human reproductive biology 376
Social impact of the reproductive revolution 376
History of the bioethics movement 379
Bioethics committees in practice 381
Ethical principles of health care 385
Index 389
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