| Description |
xvi, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The costs of sex / T.H. Clutton-Brock -- Pheromones: the fruit fly's perfumed garden / J/-F. Ferveur, M. Cobb, Y. Oguma and J.-M. Jallon -- Evolution of mammalian sex-chromosomes / M.F. Lyon -- Mammaliam sex-determining genes / J.A. Marshall Graves -- Bizarre mammalian sex-determining mechanisms / K. Fredga -- Environmental control gonadal differentiation / C. Pieau, M. Girondot, G. Desvages, M. Dorizzi, N. Richard-Mercier and P. Zaborski -- A man's a man for a'that / R.V. Short -- A few chromosamal differences among friends / E. Balaban |
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Why sex? / R.V. Short -- Constraints to parthenogenesis / D.Crews -- Sexual selection and the evolution of sex differences / J.D. Reynolds and P.H. Harvey -- Sexual dimorphism in the Hymenoptera / J.W. Stubblefield and J. Seger -- Sex change in fishes - how and why? / D.Y. Shapiro -- Teeth, horns and antlers: the weapons of sex / G.A. Lincoln -- The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in primates / R.D. Martin, L.A. Willner and A. Dettling -- Translating gonadal sex into phenotypic / J.D. Wilson -- Sexual dimorphisms in the gonads and reproductive tracts of marsupial mammals / M.B. Renfree -- Regulation of sexual dimorphism in rat liver / J.-A. Gustafsson -- Sex differences in sounds and their causes / E. Balaban -- Brain structure: causes and consequences of brain sex / M. Gahr -- Hormone - behavior interactions and mating systems in male and female birds / J.C. Wingfield -- Sex differences in the behaviour of African elephants / J.H. Poole |
| Analysis |
Animals Sex differences |
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Animals Sex differences |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Comparative Physiology, Sept. 12-14, 1992, Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sex differences -- Congresses.
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Sexual dimorphism (Animals) -- Congresses.
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Sex differences -- Congresses.
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Sex differences.
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Sexual dimorphism (Animals)
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Sexual dimorphism (Animals) -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Balaban, E. (Evan)
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Short, R. V. (Roger Valentine), 1930-
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International Conference on Comparative Physiology (11th : 1992 : Crans, Switzerland)
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| LC no. |
93027413 |
| ISBN |
052144411X (hardback) |
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0521448786 (paperback) |
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