The evolution of anisogamy a fundamental phenomenon underlying sexual selection
Darwin identified the existence of separate male and female gametes as one of the central mysteries of evolutionary biology. 150 years later, the question of why male gametes exist remains an intriguing puzzle. In this, the first book solely devoted to the evolution of anisogamy, top theorists in th...
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Cambridge University Press
2011
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction : the evolutionary mystery of gamete dimorphism / 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