The First Edition of this book was a landmark publishing event in reproductive biology and medicine. Many important developments have occurred in the field, and this revision will be substantially updated and expanded to include new topics. This source is an up-to-date, challenging, integrative, and innovative text that will appeal to a worldwide spectrum of academic and professional readers including postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in reproductive biology as well as trainees and health care professionals in Ob/Gyn and allied disciplines such as assisted reproduction and oncology.

List of Contributors. Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Color Plates. Section I: Development. 1. Embryology of the Uterus. 2. Puberty, Menarche and the Endometrium. Section II: Mature Female Reproductive Tract. 3. Menstrual and Estrous Cycles. 4. The Fine Structure of the Mature Human Endometrium. 5. The Cytoskeleton of Uterine Epithelial and Stromal Cells. 6. Endometrial Angiogenesis, Arteriogenesis, and Lymphangiogenesis. 7. Endometrial Imaging. 8. Estrogen and Progesterone Regulation of Cell Proliferation in the Endometrium of Muridae and Humans. 9. Progesterone Antagonists and the Non-Human Primate Endometrium. Section III: Regulatory Biology. 10. Endometrial Stem Cells. 11. Transgenic Models of Uterine Biology. 12. Estrogen-Regulated Genes in the Endometrium. 13. Progesterone-Regulated Genes in the Endometrium. 14. Transcriptomics. 15. Paracrine Mediators of Endometrial Growth and Differentiation. 16. A Comparative View of Prostaglandin Action in the Uterus. Section IV: Establishment of Pregnancy. 17. Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy. 18. Chorionic Gonadotropin Signaling at the Maternal-Fetal Interface. 19. Embryo-Endometrial Signaling. 20. Endometrial Receptivity. 21. Connexins: Indicators for Hormonal and Blastocyst-Mediated Endometrial Differentiation. 22. Blastocyst Implantation: The Adhesion Cascade. 23. The Prolactin Family: Regulators of Uterine Biology. Section V: The Endometrial Stroma. 24. Endometrial Extracellular Matrix. 25. Signaling and Transcription Factor Networks in the Human Endometrial Stroma. 26. Human Endometrial Hemostasis During the Menstrual Cycle and Gestation. 27. Uterine Stromal Cell Differentiation in Non-Decidualizing Species. Section VI: Placentation. 28a. Implantation of the Blastocyst: I. Comparative Studies. 28b. Implantation of the Blastocyst: II. Implantation in Primates. 29. Human Placental Development. 30. Differentiation of the Invasive Cytotrophoblast Lineage in Normal Pregnancy and in Preecl