Sexual Biology and Reproduction in Crustaceans covers crustacean reproduction as it deals with the structural morphology of the gamete-producing primary sex organs, such as the testis and ovary, the formation and maturation of gametes, their fusion during fertilization, and embryonic development that lead to the release of larvae. Constituting a diverse assemblage of animals, crustaceans are best known by their common representatives, such as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs, but also include many more less familiar, but biologically important forms.
This work covers the variety of ways in which both male and female gametes are produced by evolving different sexual systems in crustaceans, the range of reproductive systems, and the accordingly, and highly diverse, mechanistic modes of sex determination. In addition, the book features such topics as genetic and environmental determinants in sex determination pattern, variability of mechanisms of fertilization among different species, the origin of different mating systems, the associated mating and brooding behaviors, and the adaptive ability to different environmental conditions with discussion on the evolutionary ecology of social and sexual systems in certain species, which have shown eusocial tendencies, similar to social insects.
Marine species occupying diversified ecological niches in tropical and temperate zones reproduce under definitive environmental conditions. Therefore, reproductive ecology of different crustaceans inhabiting different ecological niches also constitutes another important aspect of the work, along with yolk utilization and embryogenesis leading to release of different larval forms, which reflect on their aquatic adaptability.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. xiii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Sex Determination - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Sex Differentiation - p. 29 10. Chapter 3. Sexual Systems - p. 57 11. Chapter 4. Mating Systems - p. 105 12. Chapter 5. Mating Behavior - p. 131 13. Chapter 6. Sex Pheromones - p. 159 14. Chapter 7. Reproductive Cycle and Environmental Control - p. 175 15. Chapter 8. Oogenesis - p. 187 16. Chapter 9. Endocrine Regulation of Vitellogenesis - p. 231 17. Chapter 10. Yolk Utilization and Embryonic Nutrition - p. 269 18. Chapter 11. Spermatogenesis - p. 293 19. Chapter 12. Spermatophore and Sperm Transfer Mechanisms - p. 325 20. Chapter 13. Accessory Reproductive Glands - p. 369 21. Chapter 14. Fertilization - p. 391 22. Glossary - p. 419 23. References - p. 429 24. Index - p. 499
Sexual Biology and Reproduction in Crustaceans covers crustacean reproduction as it deals with the structural morphology of the gamete-producing primary sex organs, such as the testis and ovary, the formation and maturation of gametes, their fusion during fertilization, and embryonic development that lead to the release of larvae. Constituting a diverse assemblage of animals, crustaceans are best known by their common representatives, such as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs, but also include many more less familiar, but biologically important forms.
This work covers the variety of ways in which both male and female gametes are produced by evolving different sexual systems in crustaceans, the range of reproductive systems, and the accordingly, and highly diverse, mechanistic modes of sex determination. In addition, the book features such topics as genetic and environmental determinants in sex determination pattern, variability of mechanisms of fertilization among different species, the origin of different mating systems, the associated mating and brooding behaviors, and the adaptive ability to different environmental conditions with discussion on the evolutionary ecology of social and sexual systems in certain species, which have shown eusocial tendencies, similar to social insects.
Marine species occupying diversified ecological niches in tropical and temperate zones reproduce under definitive environmental conditions. Therefore, reproductive ecology of different crustaceans inhabiting different ecological niches also constitutes another important aspect of the work, along with yolk utilization and embryogenesis leading to release of different larval forms, which reflect on their aquatic adaptability.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. xiii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Sex Determination - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Sex Differentiation - p. 29 10. Chapter 3. Sexual Systems - p. 57 11. Chapter 4. Mating Systems - p. 105 12. Chapter 5. Mating Behavior - p. 131 13. Chapter 6. Sex Pheromones - p. 159 14. Chapter 7. Reproductive Cycle and Environmental Control - p. 175 15. Chapter 8. Oogenesis - p. 187 16. Chapter 9. Endocrine Regulation of Vitellogenesis - p. 231 17. Chapter 10. Yolk Utilization and Embryonic Nutrition - p. 269 18. Chapter 11. Spermatogenesis - p. 293 19. Chapter 12. Spermatophore and Sperm Transfer Mechanisms - p. 325 20. Chapter 13. Accessory Reproductive Glands - p. 369 21. Chapter 14. Fertilization - p. 391 22. Glossary - p. 419 23. References - p. 429 24. Index - p. 499
