The Evolution Of Primary Sexual Characters In Animals

Author : Janet Leonard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199717033
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals written by Janet Leonard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Joseph Thomas Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom written by Joseph Thomas Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J T 1859-1935 Cunningham
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781018132051
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom, a Theory of the Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters written by J T 1859-1935 Cunningham and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : J. T. (Joseph Thomas) 1859 Cunningham
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781371070007
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE ANIMA written by J. T. (Joseph Thomas) 1859 Cunningham and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joseph Thomas Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104571092
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom: A Theory of the Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters (1900) written by Joseph Thomas Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : Sackler Colloquium
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book In the Light of Evolution written by National Academy of Sciences and published by Sackler Colloquium. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
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Download or read book The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex written by Charles Darwin and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters written by Thomas Hunt Morgan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters" is one of the first serious Victorian-era studies on the nature of gender sexuality. The author bases his studies on the experiments made on chicken and the theoretical works of Darwin and other scientists.

Author : J. T. CUNNINGHAM
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033265680
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM written by J. T. CUNNINGHAM and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marlene Zuk
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520240759
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book Sexual Selections written by Marlene Zuk and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author gives an eye-opening tour of some of the latest developments in our knowledge of animal sexuality and evolutionary biology. It exposes the anthropomorphism and gender politics that have colored our understanding of the natural world and shows how feminism can help move us away from our ideological biases. As she tells many amazing stories about animal behavior--whether of birds and apes or of rats and cockroaches--the author takes us to the places where our ideas about nature, gender, and culture collide. (Midwest).