Biology of Reproduction

A look into the phenomena of sex and reproduction in all organisms, taking an innovative, unified and comprehensive approach.

List of contents

Preface; Figure credits; Introduction; 1. Introductory concepts; 2. Reproduction and life cycle; 3. The natural history of reproduction; 4. Parental investment; 5. Genetics and cytogenetics of reproduction; 6. Determination of sex and mating type; 7. Reproduction - a taxonomic survey; Coda; Appendix - a classification of living organisms; References; Index to taxa; Subject index.

About the author

Giuseppe Fusco is Associate Professor of Zoology at the Department of Biology at the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. He is a researcher in evolutionary biology and has edited three volumes in this field. He previously collaborated with Alessandro Minelli on Evolving Pathways (Cambridge, 2008).Alessandro Minelli is a former Full Professor of Zoology and, in retirement, an affiliated senior scientist at the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. He has served as vice-president of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and as specialty editor-in-chief for evolutionary developmental biology of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. He is author of several books on evolutionary biology, including The Development of Animal Form (Cambridge, 2003) and Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Cambridge, 2018).

Product details

• Authors: Giuseppe Fusco, Giuseppe (Universita Degli Studi DI Padova Fusco, Fusco Giuseppe, Alessandro Minelli, Alessandro (Universita degli Studi di Padova Minelli, Minelli Alessandro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108499859
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49985-9
• No. of pages: 490
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, Animal behaviour, Genetics (non-medical), Psychology: sexual behaviour, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Sexual Behaviour, Human reproduction, growth & development, Botany and plant sciences, Animal Reproduction, Human reproduction, growth and development, Plant Reproduction & Propagation