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Hormones and Heredity

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Hormones and Heredity

Joseph Thomas Cunningham

257 pages~5 hr 7 min read18 chapters$4.99
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Why does a rooster grow a comb and a stag its antlers? J. T. Cunningham explores how hormones and heredity shape the differences between the sexes, drawing on studies of fowls, sexual dimorphism, and secondary characters. An early inquiry into the biology behind an animal's form. For the reader curious about the deep machinery of sex and inheritance. Uncover what makes males and females differ.

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18 chapters

  1. 1HORMONES AND HEREDITY
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF PLATES
  5. 5INTRODUCTION
  6. 6CHAPTER I
  7. 7CHAPTER II
  8. 8SEX AND SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS
  9. 9CHAPTER III
  10. 10CASTRATION IN FOWLS
  11. 11ASSUMPTION OF MALE CHARACTERS BY THE FEMALE
  12. 12CHAPTER IV
  13. 13SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
  14. 14CHAPTER V
  15. 15OPPOSING EVIDENCE
  16. 16CHAPTER VI
  17. 17CHAPTER VII
  18. 18INDEX
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