Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy / / John Avise.
Covering both the internal and external incubation of offspring, this book provides a biology-rich survey of the natural history, ecology, genetics, and evolution of pregnancy-like phenomena. From mammals and other live-bearing organisms to viviparous reptiles, male-pregnant fishes, larval-brooding...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) :; ‹B›99 illus.‹/B› |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART I. Distribution and Diversity of Pregnancy
- CHAPTER ONE. One Generation Inside Another
- CHAPTER TWO. Vertebrate Live- Bearers: The Borne and the Born
- CHAPTER THREE. Vertebrate Alternatives to Standard Pregnancy
- CHAPTER FOUR. Nonvertebrate Brooders
- CHAPTER FIVE Human Pregnancy in Mythology and in Real Life
- PART II. Evolutionary Ramifications of Pregnancy
- CHAPTER SIX. Natural Selection During Mammalian Pregnancy
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Sexual Selection and Piscine Pregnancy
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Pregnancy in a Comparative Light
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Molecular - Genetic Parentage Analysis
- Glossary
- Reference S Cited
- Index