Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and TuataraJustin L. Rheubert, Dustin S. Siegel, Stanley E. Trauth Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara is a remarkable compendium of chapters written by the world's leading experts from over four continents. The book begins with a chapter recounting historical discoveries in reproductive biology and a review of phylogenetics and up-to-date hypotheses concerning evolutionary relationships amon |
Contents
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Pheromones and Chemical Communication in Lizards | 43 |
Sexual Selection and Sexual Dimorphism | 78 |
Cues for Reproduction in Squamate Reptiles | 109 |
Female Reproductive Anatomy Cloaca Oviduct and Sperm Storage | 144 |
Discovery of Parthenogenesis in Lizards | 196 |
Oogenesis and the Ovarian Cycle | 213 |
The Architecture of the Testis Spermatogenesis and Mature Spermatozoa | 340 |
The Evolutionary Ecology of Reproductive Investment in Lizards | 425 |
Viviparity and Placentation in Lizards | 448 |
The Evolution of Polyandry and Patterns of Multiple Paternity in Lizards | 564 |
The Evolutionary Ecology of Parental Care in Lizards | 590 |
Reproductive Anatomy and Cycles of Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus an Intriguing Nonsquamate Lepidosaur | 620 |
The Ultrastructure of Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa of the Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus Sphenodontida Amniota | 647 |
About the Editors | 677 |
Male Reproductive Anatomy The Gonadoducts Sexual Segment of the Kidney and Cloaca | 253 |
Male Reproductive Cycles in Lizards | 302 |
Color Plate Section | 699 |
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