Sex, Size and Gender Roles

• First book to investigate the genetic, developmental and physiological basis of sexual size dimorphism found within and among major taxonomic groups
• Integrates adaptive hypotheses with mechanistic studies to produce a comprehensive and authoritative overview
• Inherent attractiveness of the subject matter makes this ideally suited to graduate discussion groups
• Carefully edited by a team of world-renowned specialist in the field to ensure a coherence of style and approach between chapters

Readership: This advanced, research level text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, physiology, developmental biology, and genetics. It will also be of relevance and use to non-biologists from fields such as anthropology and gender studies.

Edited by Daphne J. Fairbairn, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, USA, Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Zoologiches Museum, Universität Zürich-Irchel, Switzerland, and Tamás Székely, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK

"'...ideal for lecturers who want to provide students with a good, up-to-date background on sexual size dimorphism...an intriguing and fascinating theme.'" - Javier Perez-Barberia, Animal Behaviour

1: Daphne J. Fairbairn: Introduction: the enigma of sexual size dimorphism
Section I: Macro-patterns: explaining broad-scale patterns of variation in sexual size dimorphism
2: Patrik Lindenfors, John L. Gittleman and Kate E. Jones: Sexual size dimorphism in mammals
3: Tamás Székely, Terje Lislevand and Jordi Figuerola: Sexual size dimorphism in birds
4: Robert M. Cox, Marguerite A. Butler and Henry B. John-Alder: The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in reptiles
5: Alexander Kupfer: Sexual size dimorphism in amphibians: an overview
6: Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Rudolf Meier and Tiit Teder: Rensch's rule in insects: patterns among and within species
7: Matthias W. Foellmer and Jordi Moya-Laraño: Sexual size dimorphism in spiders: patterns and processes
Section II: Micro-patterns: case studies of patterns and evolutionary processes within and among species
8: Charles W. Fox, R. Craig Stillwell and Jordi Moya-Laraño: Variation in selection, phenotypic plasticity and the ecology of sexual size dimorphism in two seed-feeding beetles
9: Daphne J. Fairbairn: Sexual dimorphism in the water striders, Aquarius remigis: a case study of adaptation in response to sexually antagonistic selection
10: Wolf U. Blanckenhorn: Case studies of the differential-equilibrium hypothesis of sexual size dimorphism in two dung fly species
11: Lynda F. Delph: The genetic integration of sexually dimorphic traits in the dioecious plant, Silene latifolia
12: Isabella Capellini: Dimorphism in the hartebeest
13: Ellen Kalmbach and Maria M. Benito: Sexual size dimorphism and offspring vulnerability in birds
14: Evgeny S. Roitberg: Variation in sexual size dimorphism within a widespread lizard species
15: Lukáš Kratochvíl and Daniel Frynta: Phylogenetic analysis of sexual dimorphism in eye-lid geckos (Eublepharidae): the effects of male combat, courtship behaviour, egg size and body size
Section III: Proximate developmental and genetic mechanisms
16: Turk Rhen: Sex differences: genetic, physiological, and ecological mechanisms
17: Russell Bonduriansky: The genetic architecture of sexual dimorphism: the potential roles of genomic imprinting and condition dependence
18: Stéphanie Bedhomme and Adam K. Chippindale: Irreconcilable differences: when sexual dimorphism fails to resolve sexual conflict
19: Henry B. John-Alder and Robert M. Cox: Development of sexual size dimorphism in lizards: testosterone as a bipotential growth regulator
20: Vojt%ech Jarošík and Alois Honek: Sexual differences in insect development time in relation to sexual size dimorphism
Appendices
References
Glossary
Index