Human sperm competition
Subtitle: copulation, masturbation, and infidelity
By: R. Robin Baker and Mark A. Bellis.
Contributors: Bellis, Mark A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Sex; Human reproduction; Sexual behavior in animals; Generative organs -- Evolution; Spermatozoa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-339) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sex, coyness and promiscuity: the evolution of sperm competition --; title: Legacies from the age of reptiles: copulation, flowback and the female orgasm --; title: Mammalian inheritance: maternal care, family planning and sperm polymorphism --; title: Mammalian inheritance: masturbation, homosexuality and push buttons --; title: Primate inheritance: paternal care, sexual crypsis and the facade of monandry --; title: Modern scenario: contraception, fecundity and the illusion of conscious control --; title: Levels of human sperm competition --; title: Optimizing inseminates: ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of the female orgasm --; title: Sperm polymorphism and the Kamikaze Sperm Hypothesis --; title: Human fertility and infertility: the kamikaze perspective.