Evolution of Sex Determination

This book provides a synthesis of the latest theoretical and empirical research on the evolution of sex determination mechanisms, the first for 30 years.

About the author

Leo Beukeboom is full professor in Evolutionary Genetics at the Centre of Ecological and Evolutionary Studies of the University of Groningen (Netherlands). His expertise is in organismal evolution with special interest in speciation, life history evolution, reproductive systems, sex determination and selfish genetic elements. His current research focuses on the interaction of genetic mechanisms of sex determination with life history traits in insects, Experimental study systems include species of haplodiploid parasitoid wasps and the polymorphic sex determination system of houseflies.

Nicolas Perrin is full professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). His wide-ranging interests across evolutionary ecology led him to work on a diversity of topics, from life-history theory and optimal resource allocation to the evolution of mate choice and mating systems, population genetics and phylogeography, habitat and niche modeling, and the evolution of dispersal, kin structures and social systems. His present research focuses on sex-determination systems, integrating evolutionary modeling approaches with empirical work on the dynamics of sex chromosomes, using amphibians as model organisms.

Summary

This book provides a synthesis of the latest theoretical and empirical research on the evolution of sex determination mechanisms, the first for 30 years.

Additional text

With this book, Beukeboom and Perrin succeed in providing for researchers both a detailed review of each reader's own discipline as well as a concise window into other disciplines.

Product details

• Authors: Leo Beukeboom, Leo (Centre for Ecological and Evolutio Beukeboom, Leo Perrin Beukeboom, Beukeboom Leo, Nicolas Perrin, PERRIN NICOLAS
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2015
• EAN: 9780198753674
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875367-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical), Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology