Sex Ratios : Concepts and Research Methods (Paperback)

Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Sex Ratio Theory: 1. Models of sex ratio evolution Jon Seger and J. William Stubblefield; 2. Optimal sex allocation: steps towards a mechanistic theory Ido R. Pen and Franz J. Weissing; Part II. Statistical Analysis of Sex Ratio Data: 3. Statistical analysis of sex ratios: an introduction Kenneth Wilson and Ian C. W. Hardy; 4. Analysis of sex ratios in social insects J. J. (Koos) Boomsma and Gosta Nachman; 5. Analysis of sex ratio variances and consequences of sex allocation Sven Krackow, Evert Meelis and Ian C. W. Hardy; 6. Comparative analysis of sex ratios Peter J. Mayhew and Ido R. Pen; Part III. Genetics of Sex Ratio and Sex Determination: 7. Sex determining mechanisms in vertebrates Sarah B. M. Kraak and Ido R. Pen; 8. Sex determination in invertebrates James M. Cook; 9. Sex ratio distorters and their detection Richard Stouthamer, Gregory D. D. Hurst and J. A . J. (Hans) Breeuwer; Part IV. Animal Sex Ratios Under Different Life-Histories: 10. Sex ratios of parasitic Hymenoptera with unusual life-histories Paul J. Ode and Martha S. Hunter; 11. Sex ratio control in arrhenotkous and pseudo-arrhenotokous mites Maurice W. Sabelis, C. J. (Kees) Nagelkerke and J. A. J. (Hans) Breeuwer; 12. Aphid sex ratios William A. Foster; 13. Sex ratios in birds and mammals: can the hypotheses be disentangled Andrew Cockburn, Sarah Legge and Michael C. Double; 14. Human sex ratios: adaptations and mechanisms, problems and prospects John Lazarus; Part V. Sex ratios in other kingdoms: 15. Sex ratios of malaria parasites and related protozoa Andrew Read, Todd G. Smith , Sean Nee and Stuart A. West; 16. Sex allocation in hermaphroditic plants Peter G. L. Klinkhamer and Tom J. de Jong; 17. Sex ratios in dioecious plants Tom J. de Jong and Peter G. L. Klinkhamer; Part VI. Applications of sex ratios: 18. Operational sex ratios and mating competition Charlotta Kvarnemo and Ingrid Ahnestjo; 19. Using sex ratios: the past and the future Steven Hecht Orzack; 20. Using sex ratios: why bother? Stuart A. West and Edward Allen Herre.