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Reproductive biology of teleost fishes
Wootton , Robert J.

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    Title/Author: Reproductive biology of teleost fishes/ by Robert J. Wootton, Carl Smith.
    Author: Wootton , Robert J.
    other author: Smith, Carl.
    Published: Hoboken, NJ :John Wiley & Sons Inc., : 2015.,
    Description: 1 online resource (1379 p.)
    [NT 15003449]: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Robert John Wootton (1942-2014); Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; Reproductive modes of the teleosts; Reproductive diversity in teleosts: an explanatory framework; Aims of the volume; Chapter 2: Sex determination; Introduction; Genotypic sex determination; Environmental sex determination; Evolution of sex-determining mechanisms; Chapter 3: Sex differentiation; Introduction; Embryology of the gonads; Genetic control of early gonadal differentiation; Synthesis
    [NT 15003449]: Chapter 4: GametogenesisIntroduction; Structure of ovaries; Oogenesis; Fertilisation; Genetic control of oogenesis; Dynamics of oocyte development; Spawning dynamics and fecundity; Structure of the testes; Types of spermatozoa; Genetic control of spermatogenesis; Dynamics of spermatogenesis; Quantitative analysis of sperm production; Chapter 5: Endocrinology of reproduction; Introduction; Brain-pituitary-gonad reproductive axis in vertebrates; Levels of analysis; Gonadal steroids; Endocrine control of oogenesis; Endocrine control of oogenesis in species with batch spawning
    [NT 15003449]: Endocrine control of spermatogenesisThe pituitary and the gonadotrophins; Hypothalamic control of the pituitary; Distribution of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurons in the brain; Feedback control in the brain-pituitary-gonad reproductive axis; A provisional model for the control of the developmental dynamics of ovaries and testes; Puberty in teleosts; Interactions between growth and reproductive axes; Endocrines, behaviour and secondary sexual characteristics; Endocrine-disrupting chemicals; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Environmental control of reproduction; Introduction
    [NT 15003449]: Seasonal patterns of reproductionLunar-related reproductive cycles; Diel reproductive cycles; Multiple environmental cycles; Endogenous cycles and reproductive activity; Proximate factors; Stress and reproduction; Neuroendocrine mechanisms mediating environmental effects; Food as a proximate factor; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Migration, territoriality and spawning site selection; Introduction; Migration; Territoriality; Spawning site selection; Conclusions; Chapter 8: Mating systems and sexual selection; Introduction; Classification of mating systems; Sexual selection and theories of mate choice
    [NT 15003449]: Direct intersexual selectionIndirect intersexual selection; Arbitrary mate choice; Male mate choice and female ornaments; Mutual mate choice and the 'double process' of sexual selection; Mate choice copying; Intrasexual selection; The interaction of intra- and intersexual selection; The strength of sexual selection and the operational sex ratio; Courtship; Sexual signals and reproductive isolation; Fertilisation; Sperm competition; External fertilisation; Internal fertilisation; Quasi-internal fertilisation; Male mating polymorphisms; Female mating polymorphisms; Sexual conflict
    Subject: Fishes - Reproduction. -
    Online resource: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118891360
    ISBN: 9781118891360
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