ENGLISH

Sexuality in Fishes

Book information

Publisher
Science Publishers
Year
2010
ISBN
157808685X, 9781578086856
LCC
QL639.2 .P36 2010
Open Library ID
OL24098818M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1881628 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
200\200
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The unprecedented level of diversity recorded among the clones of self-fertilizing gynogenetic unisexuals and self-fertilizing simultaneous hermaphrodites challenges current ideas on the predominant role of recombination in promoting evolution of biological diversity. Though limited to a few species, the existence of self-fertilizing and cyclical sex changing hermaphrodites remians a puzzle to many geneticists and endocrinologists. Within a few days after the removal of a harem master or mistress, a successor changes sex and takes over the harem; the causes for the sex changing mechanism pose many challenges to socio-ecologists and behaviour specialists.This book is a synthesis of relevant and recent information on sexuality of fishes and points towards new directions of desired research.

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