Hormones

by Peter H. Raven and Joy Hinson

This primer introduces students to key elements of the endocrine system, including the structure and function of the major types of hormones. It explores the role of hormones in disease, in development, in reproduction and in behaviour. Although humans are its main focus, it draws on illuminating examples from a range of other species, including sex changes and aggression in fish, metamorphosis in amphibians, induction of ovulation in different species,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198832826
• ISBN13: 9780198832829
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"