Female Control (eBook)

Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice

William Eberhard (Autor)

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2019
472 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20720-9 (ISBN)

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A growing body of evidence has begun to reveal flaws in the traditional assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. William Eberhard has compiled an impressive array of research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. He describes studies of many different cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but nevertheless reject him as a father. Evidence from various fields indicates that such selectivity by females may be the norm rather than the exception. Because most post-copulatory competition between males for paternity is played out within the bodies of females, female behavior, morphology, and physiology probably often influence male success in these contests. Eberhard draws examples from a diversity of organisms, ranging from ctenophores to scorpions, nematodes to frogs, and crickets to humans. Cryptic female choice establishes a new bridge between sexual selection theory and reproductive physiology, in particular the physiological effects of male seminal products on female reproductive processes, such as sperm transport, oviposition, and remating. Eberhard interweaves his review of previous studies with speculation on the consequences of this theoretical development, and indicates promising new directions for future research.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Zusatzinfo: 36 halftones, 110 line drawings, 27 tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Actin • Action potential • Activation • Adaptation • Aedeagus • Amino acid • Amphibian • Amplexus • Analogy • Animal Communication • Apoidea • Appendage • Arachnid • Artificial Insemination • asymmetry • attractiveness • Bean weevil • bed bug • Birth • Bonobo • Brainstem • Bruce effect • Cactus mouse • Capacitation • Cardinalis • Carnivora • character displacement • Chiasma (genetics) • Cladistics • cladogram • Clasper • Cognitive Bias • Common chimpanzee • Copepod • copulation • Cortical reaction • courtship • Crab-eating macaque • Cryptic Female Choice • damselfly • Design of Experiments • Dysdercus • Egg • Egg cell • ejaculation • Endogamy • Endosperm • estrous cycle • Evolution • Experiment • External fertilization • Extra-pair copulation • facial expression • Fallopian Tube • Fecundity selection • female • Female promiscuity • Female sperm storage • Fertilisation • fluctuating asymmetry • Future Evolution • Gamete • genetic drift • Genetic Recombination • genetic variance • Genital papilla • gentleness • Genus • Gerridae • Giant Panda • gonad • Hamster • Hardness • Hemipenis • housefly • house mouse • Hybrid (biology) • inbreeding avoidance • Insemination • Internal fertilization • Intromittent organ • Invertebrate • In vivo • Japanese macaque • Juvenile hormone • Kalotermitidae • kin selection • leech • Lek mating • Licht • Little Owl • lordosis • Macaque • Male accessory gland • male infertility • Mammary Gland • Masturbation • mate choice • mating • Mating plug • Mating system • Menstruation • milt • monogamy • month • Nasonia • Nematode • Nuptial flight • obstacle • Operational sex ratio • Oviparity • Ovulation • Oxytocin • Palaemnema • Paramere • parasitism • Parental investment • Parthenogenesis • Paternal care • Penile spines • Penis • perception • Phenotype • Pheromone • Physocyclus globosus • Plant reproductive morphology • Plasmid • Polar Body • pollen tube • Polyandry • Polyploid • Polyspermy • Population bottleneck • Prediction • Premature ejaculation • Pronucleus • Prostaglandin • Pseudocopulation • Pseudoscorpion • puberty • Reduviidae • Reproductive success • Reproductive system • result • Secondary sex characteristic • Semen • Sense • sex organ • Sex Ratio • sexual conflict • Sexual Dimorphism • sexual intercourse • sexual reproduction • Sexual Selection • Sexual swelling • Sperm • Spermalege • Spermatheca • Spermatogenesis • spermatophore • Spermatophylax • sperm competition • spermicide • sperm motility • Springtail • Squalus acanthias • Stimulation, Chemical • Taxonomy (biology) • Termite • Testicle • Testosterone • Trade-off • Traumatic insemination • Tsetse fly • Tutin (toxin) • uterus • Vaginal Discharge • Vas deferens • Vitellogenesis • western honey bee • worker bee • Zygote
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20720-8 / 0691207208
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20720-9 / 9780691207209