Odd Couples : : Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom / / Daphne J. Fairbairn.
While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory a...
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Fairbairn, Daphne J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Odd Couples : Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom / Daphne J. Fairbairn. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (312 p.) : 17 color illus. 5 halftones. 12 line illus. 7 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Roots of Sexual Differences: Why Male and Female Animals Differ -- Chapter 3. Elephant Seals: Harems, Hierarchies, and Giant Males -- Chapter 4. Great Bustards: Gorgeous Males and Choosy Females -- Chapter 5. Shell-Carrying Cichlids: Protective Males and Furtive Females -- Chapter 6. Yellow Garden Spiders: Sedentary Females and Roving Males -- Chapter 7. Blanket Octopuses: Drifting Females and Dwarf Males -- Chapter 8. Giant Seadevils: Fearsome Females and Parasitic Males -- Chapter 9. Bone-Eating Worms: Female Tubeworms with Harems of Minuscule Males -- Chapter 10. Shell-Burrowing Barnacles: Sac-Like Females with Harems of Phallic Males -- Chapter 11. The Diversity of Sexual Differences: Differences between Males and Females across the Animal Kingdom -- Chapter 12. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Scientific Names Corresponding to Common Names Used in the Text -- Appendix B: Summary of Sexual Dimorphisms by Animal Phylum -- Notes -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Sources -- Illustration Credits -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist?Introducing readers to important discoveries in animal behavior and evolution, Odd Couples explores some of the most extraordinary sexual differences in the animal world. Daphne Fairbairn uncovers the unique and bizarre characteristics of these remarkable species and the special strategies they use to maximize reproductive success. Fairbairn also considers humans and explains that although we are keenly aware of our own sexual differences, they are unexceptional within the vast animal world.Looking at some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, Odd Couples sheds astonishing light on what it means to be male or female in the animal kingdom. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Geschlechtsunterschied. SCIENCE Life Sciences Genetics & Genomics. SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology General. Sex differences. Sexual behavior in animals. Sexual dimorphism (Animals). Tiere. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9781400847600 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400847600 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400847600 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400847600.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Roots of Sexual Differences: Why Male and Female Animals Differ -- Chapter 3. Elephant Seals: Harems, Hierarchies, and Giant Males -- Chapter 4. Great Bustards: Gorgeous Males and Choosy Females -- Chapter 5. Shell-Carrying Cichlids: Protective Males and Furtive Females -- Chapter 6. Yellow Garden Spiders: Sedentary Females and Roving Males -- Chapter 7. Blanket Octopuses: Drifting Females and Dwarf Males -- Chapter 8. Giant Seadevils: Fearsome Females and Parasitic Males -- Chapter 9. Bone-Eating Worms: Female Tubeworms with Harems of Minuscule Males -- Chapter 10. Shell-Burrowing Barnacles: Sac-Like Females with Harems of Phallic Males -- Chapter 11. The Diversity of Sexual Differences: Differences between Males and Females across the Animal Kingdom -- Chapter 12. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Scientific Names Corresponding to Common Names Used in the Text -- Appendix B: Summary of Sexual Dimorphisms by Animal Phylum -- Notes -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Sources -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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