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Odd couples : extraordinary differences between the sexes in the animal kingdom /
While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--eve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: The Roots of Sexual Differences: Why Male and Female Animals Differ; CHAPTER 3: Elephant Seals: Harems, Hierarchies, and Giant Males; CHAPTER 4: Great Bustards: Gorgeous Males and Choosy Females; CHAPTER 5: Shell-Carrying Cichlids: Protective Males and Furtive Females; CHAPTER 6: Yellow Garden Spiders: Sedentary Females and Roving Males; CHAPTER 7: Blanket Octopuses: Drifting Females and Dwarf Males; CHAPTER 8: Giant Seadevils: Fearsome Females and Parasitic Males.
- CHAPTER 9: Bone-Eating Worms: Female Tubeworms with Harems of Minuscule MalesCHAPTER 10: Shell-Burrowing Barnacles: Sac-Like Females with Harems of Phallic Males; CHAPTER 11: The Diversity of Sexual Differences: Differences between Males and Females across the Animal Kingdom; CHAPTER 12: Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; Appendix A: Scientific Names Corresponding to Common Names Used in the Text; Appendix B: Summary of Sexual Dimorphisms; Notes; Glossary of Technical Terms; Sources; Illustration Credits; Index.