The Theory of Sex Allocation. (MPB-18), Volume 18

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This book is the first comprehensive treatment of sex allocation from the standpoint of modern evolutionary theory. It shows how the determination of sex ratio, resource allocation to sperm versus egg within simultaneous hermaphroditism, and the evolution of sex reversal can he explained as examples...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Charnov, Eric L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1982.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex differences.
Sex (Biology)
Sex
Sex Characteristics
Sexualité (Biologie)
Différences entre sexes.
sex (biological characteristic)
Sex differences
Evolutionstheorie
Geschlechterverhältnis > Demographie
Biologia Geral.
Adaptation (biologi)
Fortplantning.
Geschlechtsverhältnis.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Selection Thinking
  • 2. Introduction to Sex Allocation
  • 3. Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations
  • 4. Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies--Spatial and Physiological Correlates
  • 5. Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations
  • 6. Sex Ratio in Age-Structured Populations
  • 7. Sex Ratio in Vertebrates
  • 8. Conflict Situations for the Sex Ratio
  • 9. Basic Stable Age Theory for Sex Reversal
  • 10. Sex Reversal in shrimp
  • 11. Sex Reversal in Labroid Fishes
  • 12. Sex Reversal in Some Special Animal Systems
  • 13. Labile Sexuality (Sex Choice) in Plants
  • 14. Basic Discrete Generation Theory for Hermaphroditism
  • 15. Hermaphroditism in Animals
  • 16. Sex Types in Higher Plants
  • 17. Two Plant Sex Types: Heterostyly and Dioecy
  • CONCLUSION: Thoughts for the Future
  • Appendix: Population Genetics of Sex Ratio
  • Literature Cited
  • Taxonomic Index (Genera)
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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