The Evolution of Anisogamy: A Fundamental Phenomenon Underlying Sexual Selection

ISBN-13: 9780521880954 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 262 str.

Tatsuya Togashi; Paul Alan Cox

Opis

The first book on the evolution of anisogamy: top theorists explore why gamete dimorphism characterizes nearly all plants and animals.

Recenzje

'… not only a must have for those interested in the specific topic but also comes highly recommended for anyone interested in sexual selection … both informative and provocative … it is likely that readers will leave with a firm understanding of the topic as well as several hypotheses of their own stemming from the reading. It is my hope that this volume will find itself in the hands of many evolutionary biologists and psychologists and that this impactful and pertinent idea will further shape our understanding of sexual selection.' American Journal of Human Biology

Spis treści

Introduction Paul Alan Cox; 1. The origin and maintenance of two sexes (anisogamy), and their gamete sizes by gamete competition Geoff A. Parker; 2. The evolutionary instability of isogamy Hiroyuki Matsuda and Peter A. Abrams; 3. Contact, not conflict, causes the evolution of anisogamy Joan Roughgarden and Priya Iyer; 4. Nucleo-cytoplasmic conflict and the evolution of gamete dimorphism Rolf F. Hoekstra; 5. Adaptive significance of egg size variation of aquatic organisms in relation to mesoscale features of aquatic environments Kinya Nishimura and Noboru Hoshino; 6. Gamete encounters David B. Dusenbery; 7. Evolution of anisogamy and related phenomena in marine green algae Tatsuya Togashi and John L. Bartelt; Index.