Sex Wars
Subtitle: Genes, Bacteria, and Biased Sex Ratios
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: February 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780691009810
Subjects: Cellular development; Eugenics & breeding; Reproduction; Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Sex ratio; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Biological Sciences; Science / Genetics; Invertebrates; Genetics; Host-bacteria relationships
First sentence: In the history of life on Earth, the first organisms reproduced asexually.
Description: "Theory predicts that half of the individuals produced by sexually reproducing species will be male. But in a sizable minority of organisms, females greatly outnumber males, and there are cases in which more males than females are produced. Here a respected geneticist explains why, introducing the strange world of male-killers, parthenogenetic reproduction, and ultra-selfish genes. Written for a broad audience of biologists and students and incorporating a tremendous variety of fascinating examples, this book is the first to synthesize what we know about sex ratio distorters and their evolutionary effects."--Jacket.