The Biology of Reproduction
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 9/30/2019
EAN 9781108731713, ISBN10: 1108731716
Paperback, 490 pages, 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.9 cm
Language: English
Reproduction is a fundamental feature of life, it is the way life persists across the ages. This book offers new, wider vistas on this fundamental biological phenomenon, exploring how it works through the whole tree of life. It explores facets such as asexual reproduction, parthenogenesis, sex determination and reproductive investment, with a taxonomic coverage extended over all the main groups - animals, plants including 'algae', fungi, protists and bacteria. It collates into one volume perspectives from varied disciplines - including zoology, botany, microbiology, genetics, cell biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, animal and plant physiology, and ethology - integrating information into a common language. Crucially, the book aims to identify the commonalties among reproductive phenomena, while demonstrating the diversity even amongst closely related taxa. Its integrated approach makes this a valuable reference book for students and researchers, as well as an effective entry point for deeper study on specific topics.
Preface
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Introduction
1. Introductory concepts
2. Reproduction and life cycle
3. The natural history of reproduction
4. Parental investment
5. Genetics and cytogenetics of reproduction
6. Determination of sex and mating type
7. Reproduction – a taxonomic survey
Coda
Appendix – a classification of living organisms
References
Index to taxa
Subject index.