Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara

ISBN-13: 9780367738594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 760 str.

Justin L. Rheubert; Dustin S. Siegel; Stanley E. Trauth

Opis

This book serves as a thorough review of reproductive biology and phylogeny of lizards and tuatara, a distant relative of lizards. The book is edited by an experienced team with over 400 publications and covers topics including, but not limited to, chemical communication, reproductive anatomy, reproductive cycles, molecular systematics, parental

Spis treści

Lizard reproduction: A history of discovery. The phylogeny of lizard families. Pheromones and chemical communication in lizards. Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism. Cues for reproduction in squamate reptiles. Female reproductive anatomy: cloaca, oviduct, and sperm storage. Female reproductive cycles. Oogenesis. Discovery of parthenogenesis in lizards. Male reproductive anatomy: the gonads, gonadoducts, sexual segment of the kidney, and cloaca. Male reproductive cycles. The architecture of the testis, spermatogenesis, and mature spermatozoa. Evolutionary ecology of reproductive investment in lizards. Viviparity and placentation in lizards. The complexity of understanding patterns of multiple paternity in lizards. The evolutionary ecology of parental care in lizards. Reproductive anatomy and cycles of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), an intriguing non-squamate lepidosaur. The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa of the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontidae: Amniota).

O autorze

Justin L. Rheubert, Dustin S. Siegel, Stanley E. Trauth