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Published by Brand: Harvard University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0674004450ISBN 13: 9780674004450
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Males are promiscuous and ferociously competitive. Females--both human and of other species--are naturally monogamous. That at least is what the study of sexual behavior after Darwin assumed, perhaps because it was written by men. Only in recent years has this version of events been challenged. Females, it has become clear, are remarkably promiscuous and have evolved an astonishing array of strategies, employed both before and after copulation, to determine exactly who will father their offspring.Tim Birkhead reveals a wonderful world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Both sexes have evolved staggeringly sophisticated ways to get what they want--often at the expense of the other. He introduces us to fish whose first encounter locks them together for life in a perpetual sexual embrace; hermaphrodites who "joust" with their reproductive organs, each trying to inseminate the other without being inseminated; and tiny flies whose seminal fluid is so toxic that it not only destroys the sperm of rival males but eventually kills the female. He explores the long and tortuous road leading to our current state of knowledge, from Aristotle's observations on chickens, to the first successful artificial insemination in the seventeenth century, to today's ingenious molecular markers for assigning paternity. And he shows how much human behavior--from the wife-sharing habits of Inuit hunters to Charlie Chaplin's paternity case--is influenced by sperm competition.Lucidly written and lavishly illustrated, with a wealth of fascinating detail and vivid examples, Promiscuity is the ultimate guide to the battle of the sexes.
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ISBN 10: 0571193609ISBN 13: 9780571193608
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2000
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Illustrated (illustrator). 1st edn. Paperback. Blue illustrated card covers with white titles to front and spine.272pp. 8pp colour and b/w photo plates. Neat ownership to verso of front cover, otherwise a FINE copy, clean, bright and tight.
Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2000
ISBN 10: 0674006666ISBN 13: 9780674006669
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 5 x 8, 272 pgs, index, bibliography, references. section of color photos. Investigates the theory that females are as, or more, promiscuous and competitive in regards to reproductive success, than males.
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Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.03.
Published by Harvard University Press, 2000
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.03.
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ISBN 10: 0674004450ISBN 13: 9780674004450
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Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.03.
Published by Harvard University Press, 2000
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2000
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0674006666ISBN 13: 9780674006669
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
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Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Males are promiscuous and ferociously competitive. Females--both human and of other species--are naturally monogamous. That at least is what the study of sexual behavior after Darwin assumed, perhaps because it was written by men. Only in recent years has this version of events been challenged. Females, it has become clear, are remarkably promiscuous and have evolved an astonishing array of strategies, employed both before and after copulation, to determine exactly who will father their offspring.Tim Birkhead reveals a wonderful world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Both sexes have evolved staggeringly sophisticated ways to get what they want--often at the expense of the other. He introduces us to fish whose first encounter locks them together for life in a perpetual sexual embrace; hermaphrodites who "joust" with their reproductive organs, each trying to inseminate the other without being inseminated; and tiny flies whose seminal fluid is so toxic that it not only destroys the sperm of rival males but eventually kills the female. He explores the long and tortuous road leading to our current state of knowledge, from Aristotle's observations on chickens, to the first successful artificial insemination in the seventeenth century, to today's ingenious molecular markers for assigning paternity. And he shows how much human behavior--from the wife-sharing habits of Inuit hunters to Charlie Chaplin's paternity case--is influenced by sperm competition.Lucidly written and lavishly illustrated, with a wealth of fascinating detail and vivid examples, Promiscuity is the ultimate guide to the battle of the sexes.
Published by Harvard University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0674004450ISBN 13: 9780674004450
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0674006666ISBN 13: 9780674006669
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Published by Faber & Faber, 2000
Seller: Pegasus Books NZ, Wellington, NA, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library, with typical markings, but doesn't appear to have been much used. although the paper is starting to go brown with age. Clean text.
Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0674006666ISBN 13: 9780674006669
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Harvard University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0674006666ISBN 13: 9780674006669
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
Published by Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 2000
ISBN 10: 0571193609ISBN 13: 9780571193608
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.35.
Published by Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 2000
ISBN 10: 0571193609ISBN 13: 9780571193608
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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