Female Control : : Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice / / William Eberhard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Eberhard, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 69
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (472 p.) :; 36 halftones, 110 line drawings, 27 tables

A growing body of evidence has begun to reveal flaws in the traditional assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. William Eberhard has compiled an impressive array of research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. He describes studies of many different cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but nevertheless reject him as a father. Evidence from various fields indicates that such selectivity by females may be the norm rather than the exception. Because most post-copulatory competition between males for paternity is played out within the bodies of females, female behavior, morphology, and physiology probably often influence male success in these contests. Eberhard draws examples from a diversity of organisms, ranging from ctenophores to scorpions, nematodes to frogs, and crickets to humans. Cryptic female choice establishes a new bridge between sexual selection theory and reproductive physiology, in particular the physiological effects of male seminal products on female reproductive processes, such as sperm transport, oviposition, and remating. Eberhard interweaves his review of previous studies with speculation on the consequences of this theoretical development, and indicates promising new directions for future research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. What Is Cryptic Female Choice? -- 1.1 Sexual Selection Results from Competition for Female Gametes, Not for Females -- 1.2 How to Recognize Cryptic Female Choice -- 1.3 Female "Rules of the Game" -- 1.4 Taxonomic and Conceptual Biases of This Book -- 1.5 Relationship with Genitalic Evolution -- 1.6 Relationship with Male-Female Conflict -- 1.7 Previous Biases: Male-Female Cooperation and "the Good of the Species" -- 1.8 Previous Biases; Overly Strict Categorizations and "Fertilization Myopia" -- 1.9 Previous Biases: Male Control and Female Passivity -- 1.10 Summary -- Notes -- 2. Selection on Cryptic Female Choice -- 2.1 Female Control Mechanisms and Natural Selection -- 2.2 Categorical Descriptions and the Multiplicity of Female Sperm Storage Mechanisms -- 2.3 Genetic Variance among Males -- 2.4 Conditions Favoring the Evolution of Cryptic Female Choice -- 2.5 A Test Case: Bedbugs -- 2.6 Relationship between Cryptic Female Choice and "Sensory Traps " -- 2.7 Do All Female-imposed "Rules of the Game" Result in Sexual Selection on Males? -- 2.8 Good Genes, Runaway, or Endless Race? -- 2.9 Summary -- Notes -- 3. Principal Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice -- 3.1 Criteria -- 3.2 Sometimes Discard Sperm of Current Male -- 3.3 Sometimes Discard Sperm of Previous Males -- 3.4 Sometimes Prevent Complete Intromission and Ejaculation -- 3.5 Sometimes Fail to Transport Sperm to Storage Organs or Fertilization Sites -- 3.6 Sometimes Remate with Another Male -- 3.7 Sometimes Reduce Rate or Number of Offspring Produced -- 3.8 Sometimes Forcefully Terminate Copulation before Sperm Are Transferred -- 3.9 Sometimes Fail to Ovulate -- 3.10 Sometimes Fail to Mature Eggs (Vitellogenesis) -- Notes -- 4. Other Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice -- 4.1 Sometimes Fail to Prepare Uterus for Embryo Implantation -- 4.2 Sometimes Impede Plugging of Reproductive Tract -- 4.3 Sometimes Impede or Fail to Carry Out Plug Removal -- 4.4 Sometimes Remove Spermatophore before Sperm Transfer Is Complete -- 4.5 Sometimes Abort Zygotes (Bruce Effect -- 4.6 Biased Use of Stored Sperm -- 4.7 Sometimes Move Previous Male's Sperm to a Site Where the Current Male Can Manipulate Them -- 4.8 Sometimes Make Subsequent Sperm Transfer More Difficult Morphologically -- 4.9 Sometimes Resist Male Manipulations That Result in Discharge of His Spermatophore -- 4.10 Sometimes Invest Less in Each Offspring -- 4.11 Choose among Sperm That Have Reached the Egg -- 4.12 Cryptic Male Choice -- 4.13 Undetermined Mechanisms -- 4.14 Discussion of Chapters 3 and 4 -- 4.15 Summary -- Notes -- 5. Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, I: Copulatory Courtship and Related Phenomena -- 5.1 Copulatory Courtship -- 5.2 Genitalic Movements during Copulation as Courtship -- 5.3 Other Evidence of Copulation as 239 Courtship -- 5.4 Stimulation Necessary to Trigger Ejaculation -- 5.5 Summary -- Notes -- 6. Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, II: Effects of Male Sexual Products on Females -- 6.1 Two Hypotheses -- 6.2 Insects -- 6.3 Ticks -- 6.4 Mammals -- 6.5 Other Animals -- 6.6 A Third Hypothesis; Nutritional Effects on Females -- 6.7 Taking Stock -- 6.8 Summary -- Notes -- 7. Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, III: Male and Female Morphology -- 7.1 Female Reproductive Ducts: A Tortuous Route to the Egg -- 7.2 Frequent Rapid, Divergent Evolution of Genitalia -- 7.3 Summary -- Notes -- 8. Related Topics -- 8.1 Significance of Variation in Volumes of Ejaculates and Sperm Storage Organs -- 8.2 Intraspecific Variation in Cryptic Female Choice Criteria and Sexual Selection Theory -- 8.3 Relative and Absolute Female Criteria in Cryptic Female Choice -- 8.4 A Possible Relationship between Infertile Eggs and Overly Aggressive Sperm -- 8.5 "Mistimed" Matings -- 8.6 Summary -- 9. Evidence Ruling Out Cryptic Female Choice; Is It Common? -- 9.1 Lack of Variation in Female Processes Determining Paternity -- 9.2 Lack of Correlation between Paternity and Other Male Characters -- 9.3 Lack of Intraspecific Genetic Differences -- 9.4 Female Monandry -- 9.5 Summary -- Notes -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- 10.1 Overview of the Arguments -- 10.2 Consequences for Sexual Selection Theory -- References -- Subject Index -- Taxonomic Index