Reproductive biology of teleost fishes /
Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of vertebrates. Teleosts display remarkable variation in their modes of reproduction, and this volume is intended to provide a f...
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2015.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Robert John Wootton (1942-2014); Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; Reproductive modes of the teleosts; Reproductive diversity in teleosts: an explanatory framework; Aims of the volume; Chapter 2: Sex determination; Introduction; Genotypic sex determination; Environmental sex determination; Evolution of sex-determining mechanisms; Chapter 3: Sex differentiation; Introduction; Embryology of the gonads; Genetic control of early gonadal differentiation; Synthesis.
- Chapter 4: GametogenesisIntroduction; Structure of ovaries; Oogenesis; Fertilisation; Genetic control of oogenesis; Dynamics of oocyte development; Spawning dynamics and fecundity; Structure of the testes; Types of spermatozoa; Genetic control of spermatogenesis; Dynamics of spermatogenesis; Quantitative analysis of sperm production; Chapter 5: Endocrinology of reproduction; Introduction; Brain-pituitary-gonad reproductive axis in vertebrates; Levels of analysis; Gonadal steroids; Endocrine control of oogenesis; Endocrine control of oogenesis in species with batch spawning.
- Endocrine control of spermatogenesisThe pituitary and the gonadotrophins; Hypothalamic control of the pituitary; Distribution of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurons in the brain; Feedback control in the brain-pituitary-gonad reproductive axis; A provisional model for the control of the developmental dynamics of ovaries and testes; Puberty in teleosts; Interactions between growth and reproductive axes; Endocrines, behaviour and secondary sexual characteristics; Endocrine-disrupting chemicals; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Environmental control of reproduction; Introduction.
- Seasonal patterns of reproductionLunar-related reproductive cycles; Diel reproductive cycles; Multiple environmental cycles; Endogenous cycles and reproductive activity; Proximate factors; Stress and reproduction; Neuroendocrine mechanisms mediating environmental effects; Food as a proximate factor; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Migration, territoriality and spawning site selection; Introduction; Migration; Territoriality; Spawning site selection; Conclusions; Chapter 8: Mating systems and sexual selection; Introduction; Classification of mating systems; Sexual selection and theories of mate choice.
- Direct intersexual selectionIndirect intersexual selection; Arbitrary mate choice; Male mate choice and female ornaments; Mutual mate choice and the 'double process' of sexual selection; Mate choice copying; Intrasexual selection; The interaction of intra- and intersexual selection; The strength of sexual selection and the operational sex ratio; Courtship; Sexual signals and reproductive isolation; Fertilisation; Sperm competition; External fertilisation; Internal fertilisation; Quasi-internal fertilisation; Male mating polymorphisms; Female mating polymorphisms; Sexual conflict.
