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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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| Contents |
Cover; Mating Males; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: The system; PROTECTION OF SPERMS AND EGGS; SYNCHRONIZING MALES AND FEMALES IN MAMMALIAN SPECIES; SEASONAL MATING; SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF THE TESTICLES; FURTHER READING; 2: The preamble; SEXUAL WEAPONS; TERRITORY; LOVE CALLS; FOREPLAY; PHEROMONES; FURTHER READING; 3: The equipment and the product; THE MANUFACTURE OF SPERMS; CONTROL OF SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA: PRODUCT OF THE TESTIS; FERTILIZATION; THE STRUCTURE OF SPERM TAILS; SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN THE APPEARANCE OF MAMMALIAN SPERMS. |
| Bibliography |
SOURCES OF SEMINAL PLASMATHE EPIDIDYMIS; CONSTITUENTS OF SEMINAL PLASMA; SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN SEMEN; SEMINAL GEL; SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN SPERM CONCENTRATION; THE SIZE OF TESTES; SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPERMS EJACULATED; SPERM STORES; FURTHER READING; 4: The scrotum; THE PAMPINIFORM PLEXUS; TESTICOND MAMMALS AND LOCATION OF THEIR TESTICLES; SUSCEPTIBILITY TO TEMPERATURE OF EPIDIDYMAL SPERMS; EVOLUTION OF TESTICULAR DESCENT: A POSSIBLE SCENARIO; FURTHER READING; 5: The delivery; ERECTION; PELVIC THRUSTING; EJACULATION; FEMALE TRACTS; PENIS; PENIS AND THE MODE OF COITUS. |
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STALLIONSBOARS; RUMINANTS; DOGS; CATS; THE PENIS: NOT JUST A SIMPLE TUBE; FURTHER READING; 6: The human male; HOW FAR IS MAN A MERE NON-SEASONAL MAMMAL?; MALE ORGASM; ANATOMICAL CLUES TO OUR BACKGROUND; WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES FROM OTHER PRIMATES?; SEXUAL SIGNALS BETWEEN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES; PHYSICAL SEXUAL SIGNALS; SMELL; OTHER SIGNALS; FALLING IN LOVE; MARRIAGE; UNCONVENTIONAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; INFIDELITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; OTHER SEXUAL DISORDERS; RAPE; AGE; EFFECTS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY; FURTHER READING; Appendix; Index. |
| Summary |
Overview of mammalian reproduction from the male perspective, exploring mating behaviour, reproductive anatomy and modes of copulation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mammals -- Reproduction.
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Mammals -- Reproduction. |
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Mammals -- Sexual behavior -- Evolution.
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Mammals. |
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Evolution. |
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Generative organs, Male -- Evolution.
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Generative organs, Male. |
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Males -- Sexual behavior.
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Males. |
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Men -- Sexual behavior.
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Men -- Sexual behavior. |
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Sexual behavior in animals. |
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Electronic books.
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Men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Glover, Tim. Mating Males : An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107000018 |
| ISBN |
9781139232029 |
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1139232029 |
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9781139233569 (electronic book) |
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1139233564 (electronic book) |
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9780511675898 (electronic book) |
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0511675895 (electronic book) |
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9781107000018 |
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1107000017 |
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9780521159579 |
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0521159571 |
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9781139230568 |
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9781283521659 |
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1283521652 |
| Standard No. |
9786613834102 |
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