Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the sexual differentiation of the brain. In the
mediobasal hypothalamus the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is secreted under …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the epithelial-stromal interactions in
development of the urogenital tract. The hormonal influences on urogenital morphogenesis …

FOLLOWING Lillie's study of the freemartin in 1916-17 Professor Moore initiated an
elaborate series of experiments to test the hypothesis that the intersexual condition is due to …

THE intersexes were produced by injection of oestrogens into the mother during pregnancy.
The♂♂ were modified in the♀ direction to a degree varying among different animals. The …

THE NEED for a new edition of this work has afforded a welcome opportunity to add new
material, particularly in the field of clinical applications in which most of the recent advances …

IT IS still a current problem to define, even within broad limits, the forces that are operative in
sexual differentiation. Although it is generally agreed that sex determination occurs at …

COMPREHENSIVE analysis of the factors which control the development of the reproductive
system of mammals should treat at least four broad aspects of the problem. These are (i) the …

Methods The animals were divided into three groups depending on the time at which
testosterone propionate* was administered. Rats in one group were subjected prenatally …

Various doses of estradiol, testosterone, progesterone, or cholesterol were injected daily for
five days, beginning within 24 hours after birth, into female RIII and BALB/c mice. Daily …

I. INTBODUCTION T HE many problems suggested by the title represent an aspect of
endocrinology that is primarily characterized by neglect, and to the writer's knowledge has …