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Historic Considerations in Male Reproduction
Encyclopedia of Reproduction, pp.3-9
Elsevier Inc, Second Edition
2018
Abstract
This article will present a number of critical early historic considerations and theories starting in 500 years BC and progressing through the 1800s and early 1900s. One of the first physiological procedures involved ancient man’s castration of animals for domestication and then later observations by early societies and Aristotle on the impacts of the testis on human male characteristics. These observations impacted the theories of sex differences, sex determination and fertilization for over 2000 years. Understanding these early theories and speculations clarifies the historic steps in the development of modern male reproductive biology. A number of these historic considerations are presented.
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- Title
- Historic Considerations in Male Reproduction
- Creators
- Michael K. Skinner - Washington State University, Biological Sciences, School ofBernard Jégou - University of Rennes
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of Reproduction, pp.3-9
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Identifiers
- 99901083540301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry