Promiscuity : an evolutionary history of sperm competition / Tim Birkhead.
Promiscuity : an evolutionary history of sperm competition / Tim Birkhead.
Promiscuity : an evolutionary history of sperm competition / Tim Birkhead.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N591.562/3
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Competition, Choice and Sexual Conflict -- 2. Paternity and Protection -- 3. Genitalia -- 4. Sperm, Ejaculates and Ova -- 5. Copulation, Insemination and Fertilization -- 6. Mechanisms of Sperm Competition and Sperm Choice -- 7. The Benefits of Polyandry -- Appendix. Species mentioned in the text...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2000.
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Summary
And he shows how much human behavior - from the wife-sharing habits of Inuit hunters to Charlie Chaplin's paternity case - is influenced by sperm competition."--BOOK JACKET....
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Promiscuity : an evolutionary history of sperm competition / Tim Birkhead.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-262).
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N591.562/3
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74VvN0DrQLMg
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ISBN
0674004450
9780674004450
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591.562
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991013048039702626
