Sperm Competition in Humans

Classic and Contemporary Readings

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This volume presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted reinterpretations of breeding behavior from a biological perspective. Sperm Competition in Humans: Classic and Contemporary Readings provides a theoretical framework for the study of sperm competition and also discusses the roles of females and the relationships between paternal care in sperm competition. The chapters focus on everything from evolutionary biology to taxonomic development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-29
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:286
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441939173

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

and overview.- Sperm competition in humans.- Why are there so many tiny sperm? sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes (1982).- Sperm competition, male prudence, and sperm-limited females (2002).- Classic readings in human sperm competition.- Human sperm competition (1984).- “Kamikaze” sperm in mammals? (1988).- Deformed sperm are probably not adaptive (1989).- Elaboration of the kamikaze sperm hypothesis: a reply to harcourt (1989).- Number of sperm in human ejaculates varies in accordance with sperm competition theory (1989).- Do females promote sperm competition? data for humans (1990).- Human sperm competition: ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of masturbation (1993).- Human sperm competition: ejaculate manipulation by females and a function for the female orgasm (1993).- Contemporary readings in human sperm competition.- No evidence for killer sperm or other selective interactions between human spermatozoa in ejaculates of different males in vitro (1999).- Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition (2002).- Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy in humans (2004).- Human female orgasm and mate fluctuating asymmetry (1995).