Sexual Selection: Mate Choice and Courtship in Nature ("Scientific American" Library)

Name: Sexual Selection: Mate Choice and Courtship in Nature ("Scientific American" Library)
Author: James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould
ISBN: 9780716760184

Author James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould

Publisher W H Freeman & Co

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Author(s)James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould

PublisherW H Freeman & Co

ISBN / ASIN0716760185

ISBN-139780716760184

MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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In Sexual Selection , James and Carol Gould survey the many mating systems and strategies practised by species ranging from microorganisms through insects and birds to humans. The authors begin by questioning why sex is necessary and present the most popular theories that attempt to explain, "Why sex?" "The Goulds write clearly yet with authority...Their book will do nicely for students and others with an interest in the subject." Nature