Theoretical Studies on Sex Ratio Evolution

Samuel Karlin, Sabin Lessard (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

1986
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-08412-1 (ISBN)

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This book deals with a key area of population genetics: the ratio of the sexes in a population, or the allocation of resources to male versus female reproductive function. Samuel Karlin and Sabin Lessard establish the formal theoretical aspects of the evolution of sex ratio within the constraints of genetic mechanisms of sex determination. Their results generalize and unify existing work on the topic, strengthening previous conceptions in some cases and, in other instances, offering new directions of research. There are two main approaches to understanding the causes and effects of sex ratio. One approach focuses on the optimization and adaptive functions of sex allocation, while the other emphasizes the consequences of genetic sex determination mechanisms. In discussing the utility of these two approaches, Professors Karlin and Lessard examine the principal sex-determining mechanisms and facts involved in sex ratio representations, the various genetic and environmental factors that contribute to adaptive sex expression, and the evolution of sex determining systems and controls.
From a population genetic perspective, the authors derive evolutionary properties in support of the high incidence of 1:1 sex ratio in natural populations and investigate the conditions that can explain the occurrence of biased sex ratio.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.7.1986
Reihe/Serie	Monographs in Population Biology
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-691-08412-2 / 0691084122
ISBN-13	978-0-691-08412-1 / 9780691084121
Zustand	Neuware