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Sperm competitions in humans [electronic resource] : classic and contemporary readings / Todd K. Shackelford, Nicholas Pound, editors

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New York, NY : Springer, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxv, 283 pages) : illustrations
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Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971- and Pound, Nicholas, 1971-
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Machine generated contents note: Foreword : human sperm competition and woman's dual sexuality / Randy Thornhill -- 1.Sperm competition in humans / Todd K. Shackelford / Nicholas Pound / Aaron T. Goetz -- 2.Why are there so many tiny sperm? : sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes / Geoffrey A. Parker -- 3.Sperm competition, male prudence, and sperm-limited females / Matthew J. G. Gage / Nina Wedell / Geoffrey A. Parker -- 4.Human sperm competition / Robert L. Smith -- 5."Kamikaze" sperm in mammals? / R. Robin Baker / Mark A. Bellis -- 6.Deformed sperm are probably not adaptive / Alexander H. Harcourt -- 7.Elaboration of the kamikaze sperm hypothesis : a reply to Harcourt / R. Robin Baker / Mark A. Bellis -- 8.Number of sperm in human ejaculates varies in accordance with sperm competition theory / R. Robin Baker / Mark A. Bellis -- 9.Do females promote sperm competition? : data for humans / Mark A. Bellis / R. Robin Baker -- 10.Human sperm competition : ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of masturbation / R. Robin Baker / Mark A. Bellis -- 11.Human sperm competition : ejaculate manipulation by females and a function for the female orgasm / R. Robin Baker / Mark A. Bellis -- 12.No evidence for killer sperm or other selective interactions between human spermatozoa in ejaculates of different males in vitro / Harry D. M. Moore / M. Martin / Tim R. Birkhead -- 13.Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition / Todd K. Shackelford / Gregory J. LeBlanc / Sabine Hoier / Harald A. Euler / April L. Bleske-Rechek / Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford -- 14.Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy in humans / Rebecca L. Burch / Gordon G. Gallup.
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9780387280394
0387280391
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Berlin : Springer, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available via SpringerLink.
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