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Female Control: Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice by William Eberhard
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- Book Title
- Female Control: Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice
- Publication Date
- 1996-07-28
- Pages
- 472
- ISBN
- 9780691010847
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691010846
ISBN-13
9780691010847
eBay Product ID (ePID)
475185
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Female Control : Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice
Publication Year
1996
Subject
Love & Romance, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Science
Series
Monographs in Behavior and Ecology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
95-025639
Reviews
This book could change the way you think about females . . . [It] is an easy, well-organized read. . . . Female Control makes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction. . . . [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic. -- American Zoologist, "This book could change the way you think about females . . . [It] is an easy, well-organized read. . . . Female Control makes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction. . . . [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic."-- American Zoologist, This book could change the way you think about females . . . [It] is an easy, well-organized read. . . .Female Controlmakes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction. . . . [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic. -- American Zoologist, "This book could change the way you think about females . . . [It] is an easy, well-organized read. . . . Female Control makes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction. . . . [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic." -- American Zoologist, This book could change the way you think about females . . . [It] is an easy, well-organized read. . . . Female Control makes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction. . . . [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic.
Series Volume Number
17
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Preface and Acknowledgments 1 What Is Cryptic Female Choice? 3 2 Selection on Cryptic Female Choice 44 3 Principal Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice 80 4 Other Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice 142 5 Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice is Widespread, I: Copulatory Courtship and Related Phenomena 204 6 Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, II: Effects of Male Sexual Products on Females 256 7 Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, III: Male and Female Morphology 331 8 Related Topics 367 9 Evidence Ruling Out Cryptic Female Choice: Is It Common? 397 10 Summary and Conclusions 416 References 423 Subject Index 489 Taxonomic Index 492
Synopsis
Many evidences have begun to reveal flaws in the assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. This book features research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. It also describes studies of cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but reject him as a father., A growing body of evidence has begun to reveal flaws in the traditional assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. William Eberhard has compiled an impressive array of research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. He describes studies of many different cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but nevertheless reject him as a father. Evidence from various fields indicates that such selectivity by females may be the norm rather than the exception. Because most post-copulatory competition between males for paternity is played out within the bodies of females, female behavior, morphology, and physiology probably often influence male success in these contests. Eberhard draws examples from a diversity of organisms, ranging from ctenophores to scorpions, nematodes to frogs, and crickets to humans. Cryptic female choice establishes a new bridge between sexual selection theory and reproductive physiology, in particular the physiological effects of male seminal products on female reproductive processes, such as sperm transport, oviposition, and remating. Eberhard interweaves his review of previous studies with speculation on the consequences of this theoretical development, and indicates promising new directions for future research., A growing body of evidence has begun to reveal flaws in the traditional assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. William Eberhard has compiled an impressive array of research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. He describes studies of many different cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but nevertheless reject him as a father. Evidence from various fields indicates that such selectivity by females may be the norm rather than the exception. Because most post-copulatory competition between males for paternity is played out within the bodies of females, female behaviour, morphology, and physiology probably often influence male success in these contests. Eberhard draws examples from a diversity of organisms, ranging from ctenophores to scorpions, nematodes to frogs, and crickets to humans. Cryptic female choice establishes a new bridge between sexual selection theory and reproductive physiology, in particular the physiological effects of male seminal products on female reproductive processes, such as sperm transport, oviposition, and remating.Eberhard interweaves his review of previous s
LC Classification Number
QL761.E23 1996
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