Cover Image

Promiscuity : an evolutionary history of sperm competition /

Show other versions (1)

He explores the long and tortuous road leading to our current state of knowledge, from Aristotle's observations on chickens, to the first successful artificial insemination in the seventeenth century, to today's ingenious molecular markers for assigning paternity. And he shows how much hum...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birkhead, Tim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Sexual selection in animals.
Sperm competition.
Reproduction.
Promiscuity.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural selection.
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Biological Evolution
Reproduction
Selection, Genetic
Spermatozoa > physiology
Mating Preference, Animal
Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux.
Compétition spermatique.
Promiscuité.
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
Évolution (Biologie)
Sélection naturelle.
evolution.
Sexual behavior in animals
Natural selection
Promiscuity
Sexual selection in animals
Sperm competition
Casual sex.
Table of Contents:
  • Competition, Choice and Sexual Conflict
  • Paternity and Protection
  • Genitalia
  • Spern, Ejaculation, and Ova
  • Copulation, Insemination and fertilization
  • Mechanisms of Sperm Competition and Sperm Choice
  • The Benefits of Polyandry.