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2. Mating systems, or who goes with whom, and for how long
Leigh W. Simmons
in Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
‘Mating systems, or who goes with whom, and for how long’ examines the variation in how males and females associate during the breeding season, ranging from brief couplings with multiple ...
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6. Local and regional anaesthesia
Aidan O’Donnell
in Anaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction
‘Local and regional anaesthesia’ describes the family of techniques which can provide anaesthesia by interrupting the function of the nerves themselves, without affecting consciousness and ...
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Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
Marlene Zuk and Leigh W. Simmons
Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction introduces the astounding array of behaviours and decorative traits in the animal world used for competing for mates, and considers ...
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6. Sexual conflict
Leigh W. Simmons
in Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
The reproductive interests of males and females will almost always differ, for example over whether to mate and how often, when to produce offspring and how many, or how much to invest in ...
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3. Causes and consequences
Steve Bruce
in Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
One of the ways that sociology differs from common sense is in challenging the image of ourselves as authors of our own thoughts and actions. If there is to be any explanation of human ...
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3. Choosing from the field of competitors
Leigh W. Simmons
in Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
There is now unequivocal evidence for Darwin’s long-rejected suggestion that females choose among potential mates based on their secondary sexual traits. This has shifted attention from the ...
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5. Sexual selection after mating
Leigh W. Simmons
in Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
Darwin viewed sexual selection as a process that ended with mate acquisition, assuming that females are fundamentally monogamous, mating with just one male. ‘Sexual selection after mating’, ...
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7. How sex makes species survive
Leigh W. Simmons
in Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
How new species come about is one of the most fundamental questions in biology. And because that process involves reproduction, and because reproduction often (though not always) means ...
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