Advances in Fetal Physiology: Reviews in Honor of G.C. Liggins

by Peter Gluckman, Barbara M. Johnston, Peter W. Nathanielsz

Two dozen essays on topics related to the work of New Zealander Mont Liggins, who has made major contributions to fetal physiology with research on sheep and such Antarctic animals as seals. Focuses particularly on fetal breathing, lung development, growth, endocrinology, fetal oxygenation, the fetal brain, and parturition. A sample of neural function in the ovine fetus, hormonal factors and lung maturation, peripheral control of fetal breathing, experimental fetal growth retardation, fetal diurnal rhythms, and paracrine and endocrine control of myometrial activity at term. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

424 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Sir Peter Gluckman is University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Science in Policy, Diplomacy and Society at the University of Auckland and Chief Scientific Officer for the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences. He is president of the International Network for Government Science Advice. He was the chief science advisor to the prime minister of New Zealand from 2009 to 2018.