Reproductive biology and phylogeny of lizards and tuatara / / [edited by] Justin L. Rheubert, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Louis University, St. Louis MO 63139, USA; Dustin S. Siegel, Department of Biology, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA; Stanley E. Trauth, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467-0599, USA.

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Superior document:Reproductive biology and phylogeny ; volume 10
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Place / Publishing House:Boca Raton : : CRC Press,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Reproductive biology and phylogeny ; v. 10.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (742 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Lizard reproduction : a history of discovery / Laurie J. Vitt
  • 2. The phylogeny of lizard families / John J. Wiens and Shea M. Lambert
  • 3. Pheromones and chemical communication in lizards / Jose Martn and Pilar Lopez
  • 4. Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism / Robert M. Cox and Ariel F. Kahrl
  • 5. Cues for reproduction in squamate reptiles / James U. Van Dyke
  • 6. Female reproductive anatomy : cloaca, oviduct and sperm storage / Dustin S. Siegel, Aurelien Miralles, Justin L. Rheubert and David M. Sever
  • 7. Discovery of parthenogenesis in lizards / William Neaves
  • 8. Oogenesis and the ovarian cycle / Martha Patricia Ramrez-Pinilla, Gloria R. de Perez and Camilo Alvarado-Ramrez
  • 9. Male reproductive anatomy : the Gonadoducts, sexual segment of the kidney, and cloaca / Justin L. Rheubert, David M. Sever, Dustin S. Siegel and Stanley E. Trauth
  • 10. Male reproductive cycles in lizards / Fausto R. Mendez de la Cruz, Norma L. Manrquez Moran, Edith Arenas Ros and Nora Ibarguengoytia
  • 11. The architecture of the testis, spermatogenesis, and mature spermatozoa / Kevin M. Gribbins and Justin L. Rheubert
  • 12. The evolutionary ecology of reproductive investment in lizards / Tobias Uller and Geoffrey M. While
  • 13. Viviparity and placentation in lizards / James R. Stewart and Daniel G. Blackburn
  • 14. The evolution of polyandry and patterns of multiple paternity in lizards / Erik Wapstra and Mats Olsson
  • 15. The evolutionary ecology of parental care in lizards / Geoffrey M. While, Ben Halliwell and Tobias Uller
  • 16. Reproductive anatomy and cycles of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), an intriguing non-squamate lepidosaur / Alison Cree
  • 17. The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa of the tuatara sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontida, Amniota) / Barrie G. M. Jamieson.