Evolutionary perspectives on pregnancy

Evolutionary perspectives on pregnancy / John C. Avise ; animal drawings by Trudy Nicholson.

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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Main Author: Avise, John C. (Author)
Other Authors: Nicholson, Trudy H. (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Pregnancy in animals.
Vertebrates > Reproduction.
Invertebrates > Reproduction.
Sexual selection in animals.
Evolution (Biology)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Invertebrates > Reproduction
Pregnancy in animals
Sexual selection in animals
Vertebrates > Reproduction
Schwangerschaft
Evolution
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Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I. Distribution and Diversity of Pregnancy; CHAPTER ONE: One Generation Inside Another; The Sexual Life Cycle; Gametogenesis; Gamete Deployment; Syngamy; Ontogeny and Pregnancy; Ontogenetic and Evolutionary Gradations of Pregnancy; Location of Fertilization; Nature of Parturition; Embryonic Provisioning and Parental Care; Viviparous Pregnancy in the Reproductive Timeline; Heterochrony; Some Unorthodox Routes to Internal Pregnancy; Internal Gestation Following External Fertilization; Virgin Births: Internal Gestation Without Sex.
  • Sexual Inequalities and Female Authority Over Reproduction; Provision Ova with Substantive Yolk?; Accept Sperm for Internal Fertilization?; Encase Embryo in Egg?; Give Birth to Live Young?; Entrust Offspring Care to Males?; Other Sexual Asymmetries Related to Biological Parenthood; Assurance of Maternity; Assessment of Paternity; Evolutionary Reconstructions; CHAPTER TWO: Vertebrate Live- Bearers: The Borneand the Born; Viviparity; Evolutionary Origins; Developmental Sequences; Trophic Relationships Between Mother and Fetus; The Cast of Viviparous Vertebrates; Bony Fishes; Cartilaginous Fishes.
  • Fossil Fishes; Amphibians; Reptiles; Mammals; CHAPTER THREE: Vertebrate Alternatives to Standard Pregnancy; Oviparity: The Borne and the Hatched; What Kinds of Eggs Are Shed?; What Is the State of the Offspring at Parturition?; What Type of Casing Surrounds the Egg?; The Cast of Oviparous Vertebrates; Birds; Bony Fishes; Cartilaginous Fishes; Amphibians; Reptiles; Mammals; Intermediate Conditions and Evolutionary Transitions; Ovoviviparity; Evolutionary Conversions; CHAPTER FOUR: Nonvertebrate Brooders; The Cast of Players; Annelida; Platyhelminthes; Cnidaria; Bryozoa; Echinodermata; Mollusca.
  • Arthropoda; Urochordata; Plants; Evolutionary Transitions; Planktotrophy to Lecithotrophy; Onward to Female Brooding; Onward to Paternal Care of Offspring; Conflicts Promoted by Brooding; Sibling Conflict; Parent- Offspring Conflict; Parent- Parent Conflict; Genetic Parentage Assessments; CHAPTER FIVE: Human Pregnancy in Mythology and in Real Life; Conception and Contraception; Extracorporeal Fertilization; Superfetation; Twinning or Multibirth Pregnancy; Ectopic Pregnancy; From Preterm Labor to Prolonged Pregnancy; Spontaneous Abortion; Induced Abortion and Infanticide; Cesarean Section.
  • Precocious Puberty; Standard Vaginal Delivery; The Placenta; Menopause; Male Pregnancy; PART II. Evolutionary Ramifications of Pregnancy; CHAPTER SIX: Natural Selection During Mammalian Pregnancy; Delayed Implantation; Polyembryony; Sporadic; Constitutive; Dizygotic Twinning; Cooperation and Conflict Within the Nuclear Family; Evolutionary Conflict in Mother- Offspring Relations; Common Medical Problems During Pregnancy; Immunological Challenges; Infanticide; Menstruation; Other Categories of Conflict; Sibling Competition; Parental Conflicts and Genetic Imprinting.

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