Reproductive biology and phylogeny of lizards and tuatara
By: edited by Justin L. Rheubert, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63139, USA, Dustin S. Siegel, Department of Biology, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA, Stanley E. Trauth, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467-0599, USA
Series: Reproductive biology and phylogeny -- vol. 10
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9781466579866
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Lizards; Sexual behavior; Tuatara; Evolutionary developmental biology; NATURE / Animals / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology
Description: "Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara their friendly support and high standards in producing this series. Sincere thanks must be given to the volume editors and to the authors who have freely contributed their chapters in very full schedules. Justin Rheubert, Dustin Siegel and Stan Trauth, the volume editors, are particularly to be thanked for conceiving the present volume and for the diligence and outstanding expertise which they brought to its preparation. The editors and publishers are gratified that the enthusiasm and expertise of these contributors has been reflected by the reception of the series by our readers. Barrie G. M. Jamieson The School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland"--
Notes: "A Science Publishers book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Lizard reproduction : a history of discovery / Laurie J. Vitt; title: 2. The phylogeny of lizard families / John J. Wiens and Shea M. Lambert; title: 3. Pheromones and chemical communication in lizards / Josâe Martâin and Pilar Lâopez; title: 4. Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism / Robert M. Cox and Ariel F. Kahrl; title: 5. Cues for reproduction in squamate reptiles / James U. Van Dyke; title: 6. Female reproductive anatomy : cloaca, oviduct, and sperm storage / Dustin S. Siegel, Aurâelien Miralles, Justin L. Rheubert and David M. Sever; title: 7. Discovery of parthenogenesis in lizards / William Neaves; title: 8. Oogenesis and the ovarian cycle / Martha Patricia Ramâirez-Pinilla, Gloria R. de Pâerez and Camilo Alvarado-Ramâirez; title: 9. Male reproductive anatomy : the gonads, gonadoducts, sexual segment of the kidney, and cloaca / Justin L. Rheubert, David M. Sever, Dustin S. Siegel and Stanley E. Trauth; title: 10. Male reproductive cycles in lizards / Fausto R. Mâendez de la Cruz, Norma L. Manrâiquez Morâan, Edith Arenas Râios and Nora Ibargèuengoytâia; title: 11. The architecture of the testis, spermatogenesis, and mature spermatozoa / Kevin M. Gribbins and Justin L. Rheubert; title: 12. The evolutionary ecology of reproductive investment in lizards / Tobias Uller and Geoffrey M. While; title: 13. Viviparity and placentation in lizards / James R. Stewart and Daniel G. Blackburn; title: 14. The evolution of polyandry and patterns of multiple paternity in lizards / Erik Wapstra and Mats Olsson; title: 15. The evolutionary ecology of parental care in lizards / Geoffrey M. While, Ben Halliwell and Tobias Uller; title: 16. Reproductive anatomy and cycles of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), an intriguing non-squamate lepidosaur / Alison Cree; title: 17. The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa of the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontida, Amniota) / Barrie G.M. Jamieson.