Sperm Competition in Humans Classic and Contemporary Readings /

Over the past decade, there has been a vast amount of interest in the subject of human sperm competition. This volume brings together, in one place, a key set of classic and contemporary papers that have examined possible adaptations to sperm competition in humans. In addition to classic papers by R...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shackelford, Todd K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pound, Nicholas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • and overview
  • Sperm competition in humans
  • Why are there so many tiny sperm? sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes (1982)
  • Sperm competition, male prudence, and sperm-limited females (2002)
  • Classic readings in human sperm competition
  • Human sperm competition (1984)
  • “Kamikaze” sperm in mammals? (1988)
  • Deformed sperm are probably not adaptive (1989)
  • Elaboration of the kamikaze sperm hypothesis: a reply to harcourt (1989)
  • Number of sperm in human ejaculates varies in accordance with sperm competition theory (1989)
  • Do females promote sperm competition? data for humans (1990)
  • Human sperm competition: ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of masturbation (1993)
  • Human sperm competition: ejaculate manipulation by females and a function for the female orgasm (1993)
  • Contemporary readings in human sperm competition
  • No evidence for killer sperm or other selective interactions between human spermatozoa in ejaculates of different males in vitro (1999)
  • Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition (2002)
  • Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy in humans (2004)
  • Human female orgasm and mate fluctuating asymmetry (1995).