Clonality : the genetics, ecology, and evolution of sexual abstinence in vertebrate animals / John C. Avise ; with animal illustrations by Trudy Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avise.

Contributor:

John C..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vertebrates--Reproduction.

Vertebrates.

Reproduction, Asexual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Avise describes the genetics, ecology, natural history, and evolution of the world's approximately 100 species of vertebrate animal that routinely display one form or another of clonal or quasi-clonal reproduction.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PART I: Background: Like Begets Like; CHAPTER ONE: Clonality within the Individual; Clonality at the Gene Level: DNA Replication; Clonality at the Genomic Level: Mitosis; Clonality in the Cellular Cytoplasm: Mitochondrial DNA; Clonality in the Sex Chromosomes; Clonality among the Soma; CHAPTER TWO: Sexuality: The Antithesis of Clonality; Sex at the Interchromosomal Level: Meiosis, Syngamy, and Mendel's Laws; Sex at the Intrachromosomal Level: DNA Recombination via Crossing Over; Recombination versus Mutation as Sources of Genetic Variation; The Paradox of Sex; Sex and Death

Cellular Autonomy and ImmortalitySummary of Part I; PART II: Unisexual Clonality in Nature; CHAPTER THREE: Reproduction by the Chaste: Parthenogenesis; The Cast of Players; Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms; Evolution and Phylogeny; Comparative Ecology and Natural History; CHAPTER FOUR: Reproduction by the Semichaste: Gynogenesis, Hybridogenesis, and Kleptogenesis; The Cast of Players; Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms; Evolution and Phylogeny; Comparative Ecology and Natural History; Summary of Part II; PART III: Sexual Clonality in Nature; CHAPTER FIVE: Clonality in Utero: Polyembryony

The Cast of PlayersGenetic and Embryological Mechanisms; Ecology and Evolution; CHAPTER SIX: Clonality by Incest: Hermaphroditic Self-Fertilization; The Cast of Players; Genetic and Reproductive Mechanisms; Evolution and Ecology; Summary of Part III; PART IV: Clonality in the Laboratory; CHAPTER SEVEN: Human-Sponsored Clonality; Gene Cloning; Whole-Individual Cloning by Quasi-natural Mechanisms; Whole-Individual Cloning by Mechanisms Unknown in Nature; Summary of Part IV; EPILOGUE; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D

EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-231) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-045149-1

1-281-85221-X

0-19-970874-6

9786611852214

OCLC:

922954093