 | Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy Subjects: Pregnancy in animals; Vertebrates -- Reproduction; Invertebrates -- Reproduction; Sexual selection in animals; Evolution (Biology); Covering both the internal and external incubation of offspring, this book provides a biology-rich survey of the natural history, ecology, genetics, and evolution of pregnancy-like phenomena. John C. Avise is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is also the author of Hermaphroditism: A Primer on the Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Dual Sexuality . |
