The Theory of Sex Allocation

by Charnov, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780691083124
• ISBN10: 0691083126
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1982-11-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of sex allocation from the standpoint of modern evolutionary theory. It shows how the determination of sex ratio, resource allocation to sperm versus egg within simultaneous hermaphroditism, and the evolution of sex reversal can be explained as examples of a single process. The genetical theory, developed mostly with graphical arguments, also specifies when hermaphroditism and dioecy are themselves evolutionarily stable.

Author Biography

Eric L. Charnov is Professor of Biology at the University of Utah

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Selection Thinking	p. 3
Introduction to Sex Allocation	p. 7
Dioecy and Sex Allocation	p. 19
Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations	p. 21
Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies--Spatial and Physiological Correlates	p. 37
Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations	p. 67
Sex Ratio in Age-Structured Populations	p. 93
Sex Ratio in Vertebrates	p. 104
Conflict Situations for the Sex Ratio	p. 121
Sequential Hermaphroditism (Sex Reversal)	p. 129
Basic Stable Age Theory for Sex Reversal	p. 131
Sex Reversal in Shrimp	p. 142
Sex Reversal in Labroid Fishes	p. 161
Some Special Animal Systems	p. 179
Labile Sexuality (Sex Choice) in Plants	p. 202
Simultaneous Hermaphroditism	p. 217
Basic Discrete Generation Theory for Hermaphroditism	p. 219
Hermaphroditism in Animals	p. 238
Sex Types in Higher Plants	p. 253
Two Plant Sex Types: Heterostyly and Dioecy	p. 269
Conclusion: Thoughts for the Future	p. 284
Population Genetics of Sex Ratio	p. 290
Literature Cited	p. 299
Taxonomic Index (Genera)	p. 345
Author Index	p. 347
Subject Index	p. 353
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