1: What are sexes, and why are there sexes?
2: The diversity of sexual cycles
3: Molecular mechanisms of sex determination
4: The quantitative genetics of sex determination
5: The evolution of sex chromosomes
6: Evolutionary correlates of sex-determination systems
7: Transitions among sex-determination systems
Bibliography
Leo Beukeboom is full professor in Evolutionary Genetics at the
Centre of Ecological and Evolutionary Studies of the University of
Groningen (Netherlands). His expertise is in organismal evolution
with special interest in speciation, life history evolution,
reproductive systems, sex determination and selfish genetic
elements. His current research focuses on the interaction of
genetic mechanisms of sex determination with life history traits in
insects, Experimental
study systems include species of haplodiploid parasitoid wasps and
the polymorphic sex determination system of houseflies. Nicolas
Perrin is full professor at the Department of Ecology and
Evolution,
University of Lausanne (Switzerland). His wide-ranging interests
across evolutionary ecology led him to work on a diversity of
topics, from life-history theory and optimal resource allocation to
the evolution of mate choice and mating systems, population
genetics and phylogeography, habitat and niche modeling, and the
evolution of dispersal, kin structures and social systems. His
present research focuses on sex-determination systems, integrating
evolutionary modeling approaches with empirical
work on the dynamics of sex chromosomes, using amphibians as model
organisms.
The set-up of the book is ideal as a study book with clear
definitions of terminology and concepts, a glossary and taxonomic,
author and subject indices that enable the reader to quickly find
their way through the book. ... Beukeboom and Perrin have done a
wonderful job in providing a thorough account of the field in a
very accessible book.
*Jetske G. de Boer, BioEssays*
With this book, Beukeboom and Perrin succeed in providing for
researchers both a detailed review of each reader's own discipline
as well as a concise window into other disciplines.
*Lisa E. Schwanz, The Quarterly Review of Biology*
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