This book is the first comprehensive treatment of sex allocation from the standpoint of modern evolutionary theory. It shows how the determination of sex ratio, resource allocation to sperm versus egg within simultaneous hermaphroditism, and the evolution of sex reversal can he explained as examples of a single process. The genetical theory, developed mostly with graphical arguments, also specifies when hermaphroditism and dioecy are themselves evolutionary stable.
The work balances theory with field and laboratory research, providing critical tests of the theory by empirical studies of sex ratio in parasitoid wasps and mites, sex reversal in shrimp and coral reef fish, and allocation of resources to pollen versus seeds in higher plants. In addition, the author oilers an encyclopedic review of the field and laboratory work of other scientists, reviews many as yet untested hypotheses in sex allocation, and points toward numerous plant and animal systems that hold promise for future tests.
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The Theory of Sex Allocation
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2020Print ISBN
9780691083124
9780691083117
eBook ISBN
9780691210056
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Selection Thinking
- 2. Introduction to Sex Allocation
- 3. Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations
- 4. Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies—Spatial and Physiological Correlates
- 5. Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations
- 6. Sex Ratio in Age-Structured Populations
- 7. Sex Ratio in Vertebrates
- 8. Conflict Situations for the Sex Ratio
- 9. Basic Stable Age Theory for Sex Reversal
- 10. Sex Reversal in Shrimp
- 11. Sex Reversal in Labroid Fishes
- 12. Some Special Animal Systems
- 13. Labile Sexuality (Sex Choice) in Plants
- 14. Basic Discrete Generation Theory for Hermaphroditism
- 15. Hermaphroditism in Animals
- 16. Sex Types in Higher Plants
- 17. Two Plant Sex Types: Heterostyly and Dioecy
- Conclusion: Thoughts for the Future
- Appendix: Population Genetics of Sex Ratio
- Literature Cited
- Taxonomic Index (Genera)
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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