Transitions Between Sexual Systems : Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems /: Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Janet L. Leonard.
• Editors: Leonard, Janet L
• Contents: 1. The Evolution of Sexual Systems in Animals.- 2. The Evolution of Sexual Systems in Animals.- 3. Evolutionary Transitions Between Combined and Separate Sexes.- 4. The Evolution of Uniparental Reproduction in Rhabditina Nematodes: Phylogenetic patterns, Developmental Causes, and Surprising Consequences.- 5. Polychaete Worms on the Brink Between Hermaphroditism and Separate Sexes.- 6. Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves.- 7. Transitions in Sexual and Reproductive Strategies Among the Caenogastropoda.- 8. Hermaphrodites, Dwarf Males, and Females: Evolutionary Transitions of Sexual Systems in Barnacles.- 9. Life History Constraints Facilitate the Evolution of Androdiocy and Male Dwarfing.- 10. Sexual Systems in Shrimps (infraorder Caridea Dana, 1852), with Special Reference to the Historical Origin and Adaptive Value of Protandric Simultaneous Hermaphroditism.- 11. Environmental and Genetic Sex Determining Mechanisms in Fishes.- 12. Causes and Consequences of Evolutionary Transitions in the Level of Phenotypic Plasticity of Reptilian Sex Determination.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (363 pages)
• Subjects: Life sciences; Evolution (Biology); Developmental biology; Animal physiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Developmental Biology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Developmental biology; Animal physiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Evolution
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319941394
• Related ISBNs: 9783319941370
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.