Promiscuity An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition

Name: Promiscuity An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition
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ISBN: 9780674006669

ISBN-10: 0674006666

ISBN-13: 9780674006669

Edition: 2000

Authors: Tim R. Birkhead

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Males are promiscuous and ferociously competitive. Females--both human and of other species--are naturally monogamous. That at least is what the study of sexual behavior after Darwin assumed, perhaps because it was written by men. Only in recent years has this version of events been challenged. Females, it has become clear, are remarkably promiscuous and have evolved an astonishing array of strategies, employed both before and after copulation, to determine exactly who will father their offspring. Tim Birkhead reveals a wonderful world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Both sexes have evolved staggeringly sophisticated…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Plates


Preface



Competition, Choice and Sexual Conflict



Paternity and Protection



Genitalia



Sperm, Ejaculates and Ova



Copulation, Insemination and Fertilization



Mechanisms of Sperm Competition and Sperm Choice



The Benefits of Polyandry


References


Bibliography



Species mentioned in the text


Index