Micotil
Banned
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2010
- Messages
- 895
- Reaction score
- 102
- Points
- 18
Edited by Janet Leonard and Alex Cordoba-Aguilar
Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved very rapidly. This diversity, long the province of taxonomists, has recently attracted broader interest from evolutionary biologists, especially those interested in sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive strategies.
Primary sexual characters were long assumed to be the product of natural selection, exclusively. A recent alternative suggests that sexual selection explains much of the diversity of "primary" sexual characters. A third approach to the evolution of reproductive interactions after copulation or insemination has been to consider the process one of sexual conflict. That is, the reproductive processes of a species may reflect, as does the mating system, evolution acting on males and on females, but in different directions.
In this volume, authors explore a wide variety of primary sexual characters and selective pressures that have shaped them, from natural selection for offspring survival to species-isolating mechanisms, sperm competition, cryptic female choice and sexual arms races. Exploring diverse reproductive adaptations from a theoretical and practical perspective, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters will provide an unparalleled overview of sexual diversity in many taxa and an introduction to the issues in sexual selection that are changing our view of sexual processes.
Features
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1
Introduction: Celebrating and Understanding Reproductive Diversity
PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 2
The Distinction between Primary and Secondary Sexual Characters
Chapter 3
The Evolution of Sexes, Gametes, and Sexual Systems: Natural vs. Sexual Selection
Chapter 4
Rapid Divergent Evolution of Genitalia: Theory and Data Updated
Chapter 5
Killing Time: A Mechanism of Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection
PART II: PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN SELECTED TAXA
Chapter 6
Gamete Release and Spawning Behavior in Broadcast Spawning Marine Invertebrates
Chapter 7
Prosobranchs with Internal Fertilization
Chapter 8
Opisthobranchs
Chapter 9
Basommatophoran Gastropods
Chapter 10
Stylommatophoran Gastropods
Chapter 11
An Ancient Indirect Sex Model: Single and Mixed Patterns in the Evolution of Scorpion Genitalia
Chapter 12
Spider Genitalia: Precise Maneuvers with a Numb Structure in a Complex Lock
Chapter 13
Genitalic Evolution in Opiliones
Chapter 14
The Evolution of Male and Female Internal Reproductive Organs in Insects
Chapter 15
Selective Forces Propelling Genitalic Evolution in Odonata
Chapter 16
Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in the Coleoptera: Mechanisms and Consequences
Chapter 17
Fertilization Mode, Sperm Competition, and Cryptic Female Choice Shape: Primary Sexual Characters in Fish
Chapter 18
Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Amphibians.
Chapter 19
Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Reptiles
Chapter 20
Sexual Conflict and the Intromittent Organs of Male Birds
Chapter 21
Genitalic Traits of Mammals: Systematics and Variation
Chapter 22
The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals: A Summary
Index
- Hardcover: 552 pages
- Publisher: -- (July 19, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0195325559
- ISBN-13: 978-0195325553
Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved very rapidly. This diversity, long the province of taxonomists, has recently attracted broader interest from evolutionary biologists, especially those interested in sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive strategies.
Primary sexual characters were long assumed to be the product of natural selection, exclusively. A recent alternative suggests that sexual selection explains much of the diversity of "primary" sexual characters. A third approach to the evolution of reproductive interactions after copulation or insemination has been to consider the process one of sexual conflict. That is, the reproductive processes of a species may reflect, as does the mating system, evolution acting on males and on females, but in different directions.
In this volume, authors explore a wide variety of primary sexual characters and selective pressures that have shaped them, from natural selection for offspring survival to species-isolating mechanisms, sperm competition, cryptic female choice and sexual arms races. Exploring diverse reproductive adaptations from a theoretical and practical perspective, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters will provide an unparalleled overview of sexual diversity in many taxa and an introduction to the issues in sexual selection that are changing our view of sexual processes.
Features
- The first multi-author treatment of primary sexual characters and the role of natural vs. sexual selection in their evolution
- Offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of genitalic evolution
- Comprises chapters on new theoretical perspectives as well as sections on primary sexual characters of specific taxa
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1
Introduction: Celebrating and Understanding Reproductive Diversity
PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 2
The Distinction between Primary and Secondary Sexual Characters
Chapter 3
The Evolution of Sexes, Gametes, and Sexual Systems: Natural vs. Sexual Selection
Chapter 4
Rapid Divergent Evolution of Genitalia: Theory and Data Updated
Chapter 5
Killing Time: A Mechanism of Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection
PART II: PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN SELECTED TAXA
Chapter 6
Gamete Release and Spawning Behavior in Broadcast Spawning Marine Invertebrates
Chapter 7
Prosobranchs with Internal Fertilization
Chapter 8
Opisthobranchs
Chapter 9
Basommatophoran Gastropods
Chapter 10
Stylommatophoran Gastropods
Chapter 11
An Ancient Indirect Sex Model: Single and Mixed Patterns in the Evolution of Scorpion Genitalia
Chapter 12
Spider Genitalia: Precise Maneuvers with a Numb Structure in a Complex Lock
Chapter 13
Genitalic Evolution in Opiliones
Chapter 14
The Evolution of Male and Female Internal Reproductive Organs in Insects
Chapter 15
Selective Forces Propelling Genitalic Evolution in Odonata
Chapter 16
Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in the Coleoptera: Mechanisms and Consequences
Chapter 17
Fertilization Mode, Sperm Competition, and Cryptic Female Choice Shape: Primary Sexual Characters in Fish
Chapter 18
Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Amphibians.
Chapter 19
Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Reptiles
Chapter 20
Sexual Conflict and the Intromittent Organs of Male Birds
Chapter 21
Genitalic Traits of Mammals: Systematics and Variation
Chapter 22
The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals: A Summary
Index
Last edited: