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03358cam a22003974a 4500 001 001ECF4A2B0311DE8760C407A8D7520A 005 20160908042251 008 010110s2001 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2001016377 020 $a 9780691059884 (pbk.) 020 $a 0691059888 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780691059877 (alk. paper) 020 $a 069105987X (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)45804827 035 $a (OCoLC)48065342 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IOJ $d SILO 050 00 $a QL468.7 $b .S56 2001 082 00 $a 595.713/8 $2 21 100 1 $a Simmons, Leigh W., $d 1960- 245 1 $a Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects / $c Leigh W. Simmons. 260 $a Princeton, N.J. : $b Princeton University Press, $c c2001. 300 $a xiii. 434 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 440 0 $a Monographs in behavior and ecology 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-425). 505 2 $a Sexual selection and sperm competition. Sexual selection -- Sexual differences and the evolution of anisogamy -- Sperm competition and sexual selection -- Sperm utilization : concepts, patterns, and processes. Classification and definition of terms used in the sperm Ccmpetition literature -- Quantifying paternity -- Patterns of sperm utilization : an overview -- Mechanisms -- Sperm utilization and multiple mating -- Sperm utilization in natural populations -- Mechanisms and the potential for selection -- Avoidance of sperm competition I: morphological adaptations. Internal fertilization --Sperm removal and repositioning -- Alternative explanations for complex genitalia -- Avoidance of sperm competition II: physiological adaptations. Mating plugs -- Seminal products -- Pheromones -- Avoidance of sperm competition III : behavioral adaptations. Theoretical models of mate guarding -- Evidence for mate guarding in insects -- Alternative hypotheses -- Adaptations for efficient guarding -- Male mate choice -- Copula duration. Sperm displacement : optimal copula duration in dung flies -- Copula duration with sperm mixing -- Evidence consistent with an optimization of copula duration -- Female influences -- Aternative explanations -- Sperm in competition I : strategic ejaculation. Sperm competition games -- Cryptic male choice -- Cryptic female choice -- Sperm in competition II : sperm morphology. Sperm size -- Sperm polymorphism -- Intraejaculate sperm competition -- Ejaculate manipulation : mechanisms of female choice. Influence over remating -- Influence over sperm transfer -- Influence over sperm storage -- Sperm selection -- Social insects. Multiple mating and multiple paternity -- Social consequences of sperm competition -- Alternative hypotheses for multiple mating -- Broader significance. Sperm competition and sexual selection -- Life history evolution -- Speciation. 650 0 $a Insects $x Evolution. 650 0 $a Sperm competition. 650 0 $a Insects $x Reproduction 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/2001016377.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin022/2001016377.html 939 $a 4778478 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180120043414.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=001ECF4A2B0311DE8760C407A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOJ 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search