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Hormones, Cells and Organisms
The Role of Hormones in Mammals
P. Catherine Clegg & Arthur Clegg
A concise summary and synthesis of current knowledge in the rapidly expanding field of mammalian endocrinology, this volume also has the distinction of being organized around physiological problems and processes as opposed to individual hormones and glands.
This novel approach is analogous to the new way biology as a whole is being taught - treating all aspects of each level of organization instead of breaking things up into such separate disciplines as genetics. The arrangement of topics, the repeated emphasis upon interpreting hormone action in molecular terms, and the consideration of most of our bodily regulatory phenomena in terms of hormone-nerve interaction combine to make this the most up-to-date and modern analysis of hormone action in the biological literature.
Among the topics covered are: brief history of the science of mammalian endocrinology; research techniques; production, chemical nature, and mode of action of hormones; regulation of hormone balance; hormonal adaptation to environment; and functions of hormones in growth, digestion, reproduction, and thermoregulation. The text is supplemented by excellent line drawings and charts.
P. Catherine Clegg was formerly Principal Lecturer in Biology at the City College of Education, Sheffield, and Arthur G. Clegg wsa formerly Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sheffield.
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Title Hormones, Cells and Organisms
Author Clegg
Publisher Stanford University Press
ISBN 0804705704, 9780804705707
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