Sex and Evolution. (MPB-8), Volume 8

George Christopher Williams

Published by Princeton University Press 1975

Sex and Evolution. (MPB-8), Volume 8

George Christopher Williams

Volume 8 in the series Monographs in Population Biology

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780691209920

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About this book

This book explores the relationship between various types of reproduction and the evolutionary process. Starting with the concept of meiosis, George C. Williams states the conditions under which an organism with both sexual and asexual reproductive capacities will employ each mode. He argues that in low-fecundity higher organisms, sexual reproduction is generally maladaptive, and persists because there is no ready means of developing an asexual alternative.

The book then considers the evolutionary development of diverse forms of sexuality, such as anisogamy, hermaphroditism. and the evolution of differences between males and females in reproductive strategy. The final two chapters examine the effect of genetic recombination on the evolutionary process itself.

Author / Editor information

George C. Williams is Professor of Biological Sciences in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has published Adaptation and Natural Selection (1966) and Group Selection (Aldine-Atherton, 1971).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CHAPTER ONE. An Important Question, Its Easy Answer, and the Consequent Paradox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER TWO. The Aphid-Rotifer Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
CHAPTER THREE. The Strawberry-Coral Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
CHAPTER FOUR. The Elm-Oyster Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
CHAPTER FIVE. Other Models Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
CHAPTER SIX. Natural Selection in High-fecundity Populations: Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
CHAPTER SEVEN. Natural Selection in High-Fecundity Populations: Evidence on Viability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
CHAPTER EIGHT. Natural Selection in High-Fecundity Populations: Evidence on Fertility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER NINE. Derived Low-Fecundity Populations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
CHAPTER TEN. Patterns of Sexuality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Why Are Males Masculine and Females Feminine and. Occasionally, Vice-Versa? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
CHAPTER TWELVE. Sex as a Factor in Organic Evolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Sex as a Factor in Biotic Evolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195