Choosing Sexes

Choosing Sexes

Mechanisms and Adaptive Patterns of Sex Allocation in Vertebrates

Navara, Kristen J.

Springer International Publishing AG

02/2018

240

Dura

Inglês

9783319712697

15 a 20 dias

641


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Introduction to Vertebrate Sex Ratio Adjustment.- It's a boy! Evidence for sex ratio adjustment in humans.- Facultative sex ratio adjustment in non-human mammals.- Potential mechanisms of sex ratio adjustment in humans and non-human mammals.- The bees do it, but what about the birds?- Evidence for sex ratio adjustment in birds.- Potential mechanisms of sex ratio adjustment in birds.- Hormones Rule the Roost: Hormonal influences on sex ratio adjustment in birds and mammals.- What went wrong at Jurassic Park? Modes of sex determination and adaptive sex allocation in reptiles.- The truth about Nemo's Dad: Sex-changing behaviors in fishes.- Mechanisms of environmental sex determination in fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
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Sex allocation;Sex changing behaviour;Temperature-dependent sex determination;Sex determination;Adaptive sex allocation