Includes bibliographic references. / 1 v. (various foliations) : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Details the results of in vivo and in vitro studies into the effects of zinc deficiency, hypervitaminosis A, alcohol, nicotine and salicyclic acid, at the morphological and ultrastructural levels in the developing embryo. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anatomy and Histology, 1992

Bibliography: leaves 168-187. / viii, a-f, 187, [51] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Investigates the environmental control of seasonal reproduction and the role of the pineal in the transmission of multiple environmental signals to the reproductive axis. The principle species studied was the highly seasonal native Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes greyi. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1994