The Differences between the Sexes
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- R. V. Short, Monash University, Victoria
- E. Balaban, Harvard University, Massachusetts
- Date Published: September 1994
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521448789
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In most animals, from bees to bulls, mice to men, it is possible to see at a glance whether an individual is male or female. How and why these differences in appearance and behavior developed and the nature and extent of the differences between males and females is a complex subject. This book reviews the latest molecular, genetic, hormonal, anatomical, and behavioral data in a wide range of species in a series of lively and highly readable articles from the world's leading experts in this field. Unashamedly Darwinian, this book brings sexual selection up to date and discusses not only a dazzling array of differences between the sexes, but probes the mechanisms by which they are produced and the adaptive significance of the differences themselves. It should have a wide appeal, especially to undergraduates and graduates in the biological and medical sciences, and should help to bridge the gap between those who study genes and molecules in the laboratory and those who study the behavior of animals in the wild.
Read more- Lively and readable articles on sex differences from leading experts
- The market appeal of sexual selection already demonstrated by the success of Cronin's book
- Broad appeal in the biological, medical and veterinary fields
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"...the first book in this field to span the full breadth of modern biology from studies of reproductive success in wild animals to lively reviews of sex-determining mechanisms and the evolution of the sex chromosomes...a beautiful collection of reviews and essays on one of the central problems of modern biology: the causes and evolution of the differences between the sexes...represents excellent value for the money for researchers and students alike." Andrew Loudon, New Scientist
See more reviews"Cambridge University Press's series on 'Reproduction in Mammals' is justly famous for its clear and interesting presentation of up-to-date information and theory. The Differences Between the Sexes continues in this tradition; indeed, so well done is it that it almost makes for bedtime reading....[T]his is an essential reference for all workers in the field." Alexander H. Harcourt, Nature
"...this book's value is that it encourages argument based on scientific observation." John Bignall, Lancet
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- Date Published: September 1994
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521448789
- length: 496 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.795kg
- contains: 175 b/w illus. 11 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part I. Overview:
1. Why sex? R. V. Short
2. Constraints to parthenogenesis D. Crews
Part II. Somatic Dimorphisms Across the Species:
3. Explaining the evolution of unexpected sex differences J. D. Reynolds and P. H. Harvey
4. Sexual dimorphism in the Hymenoptera J. W. Stubblefield and J. Seger
5. Sex change in fishes - how and why D. Y. Shapiro
6. Teeth, horn and antlers: weapons of sex G. A. Lincoln
7. The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in primates R. D. Martin, L. A. Willner and A. Dettling
Part III. Sexual Dimorphisms in Organ Systems:
8. Translating gonadal sex into phenotypic sex J. D. Wilson
9. Sexual dimorphisms in the gonads of marsupial mammals M. B. Renfree
10. Regulation of sexual dimorphism in rat liver J.-A. Gustafsson
11. Sex differences in sounds and their causes E. Balaban
12. Brain structure: causes and consequences of brain sex M. Gahr
Part III. Sexual Dimorphisms in Behaviour:
13. Hormone-behaviour interactions and mating systems in male and female birds J. C. Wingfield
14. Behavioural dimorphisms in African elephants J. H. Poole
15. The costs of sex differences T. H. Clutton-Brock
16. Pheromones: the fruit fly's perfumed garden J.-F. Ferveur, M. Cobb, Y. Oguma and J.-M. Jallon
Part IV. Genetic and Environmental Control of Gonadal Sex:
17. Evolution of mammalian sex chromosomes M. F. Lyon
18. Mammalian sex-determining genes J. A. Marshall Graves
19. Bizarre mammalian sex-determining mechanisms K. Fredga
20. Environmental control of gonadal differentiation C. Pieau, M. Girondat, G. Desrages, M. Dorizzi, N. Richard-Mercier, P. Zaborski
Afterword
A man's a man for a' that R. V. Short
A few chromosomal differences among friends E. Balaban
Index.
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