Trends in the study of the comparative endocrinology of reproduction in vertebrates

Abstract

A couple of months ago the organizers of the present Conference asked me to deliver an opening address, which would review the development of comparative endocrinology in Europe, particularly with reference to my own work and experiences. Of course I accepted this invitation with very much pleasure; nevertheless I made one objection: the original theme would take too much time. Thus, I will only speak about spectacular discoveries in the endocrinology of sex in Vertebrates, a subject about which I have witnessed amazing development during the past four decades and to which my co-workers and I have contributed some new facts. Consequently my address will bear a very personal character.