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AVAILABLE AGAIN IN THE USA AND ABROAD
Through Rowman & Littlefield and Other Online Retailers
from Smithsonian Books
TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION IN VERTEBRATES
Edited by Nicole Valenzuela and Valentine Lance
Hardcover
57 b&w illustrations
304 pages
ISBN: 1-58834-203-4
Published: 2004
One of the hottest topics in evolutionary biology and conservation biology for
decades, temperature- dependent sex determination (TSD) was discovered in the
1960's, yet no book has ever before been devoted entirely to the subject. Edited
and authored by many of the world,s foremost authorities on the subject, this is
a comprehensive work that compiles, analyzes and integrates existing
information about this field. The volume encompasses a series of reviews of
what is known about ecological, physiological, molecular, and evolutionary
aspects of TSD, bringing together-for the first time-the diversity of issues
related to this sex-determining mechanism and synthesizing the vast amount of
literature from multiple disciplines. The book includes new data not published
elsewhere and is organized in four thematic sections: Prevalence of TSD in
vertebrates?; "Thermal effects, ecology and interactions?; "Evolutionary
considerations?; and a "Conclusions? chapter.
Contents
Introduction (N. Valenzuela)
Prevalence of TSD in vertebrates
1. Perspective on Sex Determination: Past and Future (J. J. Bull)
2. TSD in Fishes (D. Conover)
3. Turtle Sex-Determining Modes and TSD Patterns (M. A. Ewert, Cory R.
Etchberger, and Craig E. Nelson)
4. Prevalence of TSD in Crocodilians (D. C. Deeming)
5. TSD in Lizards (P. S. Harlow)
6. TSD in Tuataras (N. J. Nelson, Alison Cree, Michael B. Thompson, Susan N. Keall
and Charles H. Daugherty)
7. Thermal Sex Reversals in Amphibians (D. Chardard, May Penrad-Mobayed,
Amand Chesnel, Claude Pieau, and Christian Dournon)
Thermal effects, ecology and interactions
8. Effects of Temperature on Animal Biology (M. D. McCue)
9. Thermal Models of TSD under Laboratory and Field Conditions (A. Georges,
Sean Doody, Kerry Beggs and Jeanne Young)
10. Phenotypic Effects of Incubation Temperature (T. Rhen and J. W. Lang)
11. The TSD Drama: Same Cast, Different Stars (A. R. Place and V. A. Lance)
12. Role of Yolk Steroid Hormones in TSD Species (P. K. Elf)
Evolutionary considerations
13. Phylogenetics: Which Was First, TSD or GSD? (F. J. Janzen and J. G. Krenz)
14. Evolution and Maintenance of TSD (N. Valenzuela)
15. Implications of TSD for Population Dynamics (M. Girondot, Virginie Delmas,
Philippe Rivalan, Franck Courchamp, Anne-Caroline Prévot- Julliard, and Matthew
H. Godfrey)
Conclusions: Missing Links and Future Directions (N. Valenzuela)
AVAILABLE AGAIN IN THE USA AND ABROAD
Through Rowman & Littlefield and Other Online Retailers
from Smithsonian Books
TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION IN VERTEBRATES
Edited by Nicole Valenzuela and Valentine Lance
Hardcover
57 b&w illustrations
304 pages
ISBN: 1-58834-203-4
Published: 2004
One of the hottest topics in evolutionary biology and conservation biology for
decades, temperature- dependent sex determination (TSD) was discovered in the
1960's, yet no book has ever before been devoted entirely to the subject. Edited
and authored by many of the world,s foremost authorities on the subject, this is
a comprehensive work that compiles, analyzes and integrates existing
information about this field. The volume encompasses a series of reviews of
what is known about ecological, physiological, molecular, and evolutionary
aspects of TSD, bringing together-for the first time-the diversity of issues
related to this sex-determining mechanism and synthesizing the vast amount of
literature from multiple disciplines. The book includes new data not published
elsewhere and is organized in four thematic sections: Prevalence of TSD in
vertebrates?; "Thermal effects, ecology and interactions?; "Evolutionary
considerations?; and a "Conclusions? chapter.
Contents
Introduction (N. Valenzuela)
Prevalence of TSD in vertebrates
1. Perspective on Sex Determination: Past and Future (J. J. Bull)
2. TSD in Fishes (D. Conover)
3. Turtle Sex-Determining Modes and TSD Patterns (M. A. Ewert, Cory R.
Etchberger, and Craig E. Nelson)
4. Prevalence of TSD in Crocodilians (D. C. Deeming)
5. TSD in Lizards (P. S. Harlow)
6. TSD in Tuataras (N. J. Nelson, Alison Cree, Michael B. Thompson, Susan N. Keall
and Charles H. Daugherty)
7. Thermal Sex Reversals in Amphibians (D. Chardard, May Penrad-Mobayed,
Amand Chesnel, Claude Pieau, and Christian Dournon)
Thermal effects, ecology and interactions
8. Effects of Temperature on Animal Biology (M. D. McCue)
9. Thermal Models of TSD under Laboratory and Field Conditions (A. Georges,
Sean Doody, Kerry Beggs and Jeanne Young)
10. Phenotypic Effects of Incubation Temperature (T. Rhen and J. W. Lang)
11. The TSD Drama: Same Cast, Different Stars (A. R. Place and V. A. Lance)
12. Role of Yolk Steroid Hormones in TSD Species (P. K. Elf)
Evolutionary considerations
13. Phylogenetics: Which Was First, TSD or GSD? (F. J. Janzen and J. G. Krenz)
14. Evolution and Maintenance of TSD (N. Valenzuela)
15. Implications of TSD for Population Dynamics (M. Girondot, Virginie Delmas,
Philippe Rivalan, Franck Courchamp, Anne-Caroline Prévot- Julliard, and Matthew
H. Godfrey)
Conclusions: Missing Links and Future Directions (N. Valenzuela)