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David O. Norris
Professor of Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Author of Vertebrate Endocrinology.
David O. Norris,
Theodore B. Schwartz
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. Editor, Year Book of Endocrinology, 1964–86.
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endocrine system, any of the systems found in animals for the production of hormones, substances that regulate the functioning of the organism. Such a system may range, at its simplest, from the neurosecretory, involving one or more centres in the nervous system, to the complex array of glands found in the human endocrine system. Comparative endocrinologists investigate the evolution of endocrine systems and the role of these systems in animals’ adaptation to their environments and their production of offspring. Studies of nonmammalian animalshave provided information that has furthered research in mammalian endocrinology, including that of humans. For example, the actions ...(100 of 5184 words)

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