Giuseppe Fusco, Alessandro Minelli

The Biology of Reproduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 176mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9781108731713
• ISBN-10: 1108731716
• Artikelnr.: 56290093

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.