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Sperm Biology
An Evolutionary Perspective
- 2nd Edition - July 1, 2025
- Editors: Scott S. Pitnick, Dave J. Hosken
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 9 4 8 - 6
Sperm Biology: The Evolutionary Biology of Reproduction, 2nd Edition provides comprehensive historical, taxonomic and conceptual insights into multiple elements of animal reproduct… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSperm Biology: The Evolutionary Biology of Reproduction, 2nd Edition provides comprehensive historical, taxonomic and conceptual insights into multiple elements of animal reproduction, from mating systems and tactics, to fertilization and reproductive genomics. It emphasizes evolutionary synthesis in order to understand the role of natural, social and sexual selection in driving variation in reproductive traits.
Written by leading international experts, this book explores topics such as ejaculatomics (the proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics of sperm and seminal fluid), sperm RNA and epigenetics, the evolution of urogenital systems and the design of female reproductive tracts, evolutionary transitions in fertilization mode, copulatory plugs and spermatophores, ejaculate quality, sperm competition, female responses to re-mating, and the effects of a changing environment on the fertility of diverse species. In addition to providing critical reviews and defining the state of the art, authors seek to define the research agenda for the next decade.
By exploring new topics in reproductive biology and written by new authorship teams, Sperm Biology: The Evolutionary Biology of Reproduction,2nd Edition complements the first edition, which was published over a decade ago. Like its predecessor, this new edition is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are interested in evolutionary biology, biodiversity and diverse aspects of animal reproduction.
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Written and edited by global experts with physiological, molecular and biomedical, ecological and evolutionary backgrounds
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Provides highly integrative perspectives to guide innovative research
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Sheds light on the extraordinary and often bizarre biology of reproduction and on dynamic interactions between the sexes
Primary market/audience: Researchers interested in reproductive and evolutionary biology, specifically within the Animalia kingdom
Secondary market/audience: Advanced undergraduate or graduate students in general biology, reproductive biology, evolutionary biology, and animal science disciplines
Book Foreword
- A recent history of sperm research
- Sex chromosome evolution and the genomic architecture of spermatogenesis
- Ejaculatomics
- Sperm RNA and paternal effects
- Sperm energetics and motility
- Evolution of the urogenital system
- Evolutionary transitions in fertilization mode
- External fertilization: selection, chemoattraction and sperm-ovarian fluid interactions
- Female reproductive tract evolution
- Copulatory plugs and spermatophores
- Female responses to mating
- Ejaculate quality: variance, selection and quantification
- Recent sperm competition models
- Life history consequences of selection on ejaculates
- Environmental change and fertility
- No. of pages: 746
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323859486
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Scott S. Pitnick
Scott Pitnick is a Professor of Biology at Syracuse University in the Center for Reproductive Evolution and Department of Biology. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Arizona State University. Since 2014, he has held the endowed Weeden Professorship in Biology. His other current appointments include acting member of the Biology of Spermatozoa Conference Steering Committee, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, International Workshop on Gamete Evolution and Speciation, and the Animal Behavior Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, NY, USADH
Dave J. Hosken
David Hosken is the Dean of Strategic Development and Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter, Cornwall. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from The University of Western Australia, specializing in sperm competition in bats. He is a member of numerous professional organizations such as the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, The Genetics Society, the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. His areas of expertise are evolutionary biology, statistical genetics, inbreeding, sexual selection, behavioral ecology, and animal behavior.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean of Strategic Development and Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK