Summarizes the latest studies on sexdetermination in vertebrates Maximizes readers insights into how animals and humans can adjust the sexes of offspringIllustrates the detailed mechanisms how the sex adjustment can be achieved

Summarizes the latest studies on sex determination in vertebrates Maximizes readers insights into how animals and humans can adjust the sexes of offspring Illustrates the detailed mechanisms of how sex adjustment can be achieved

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Kristen J. Navara

Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Department of Poultry Science
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
Ph.D, Biological Sciences, Auburn University
B.S. Biology, The Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

Sex ratio manipulation and ovarian follicular dynamics in female birds, Mechanistic bases of yolk androgen deposition, links between maternal immunity and the manipulation of offspring phenotype

Inhalt
Introduction to Vertebrate Sex Ratio Adjustment.- It's a boy! Evidence for sex ratio adjustment in humans.- Facultative sex ratio adjustment in non-human mammals.- Potential mechanisms of sex ratio adjustment in humans and non-human mammals.- The bees do it, but what about the birds?- Evidence for sex ratio adjustment in birds.- Potential mechanisms of sex ratio adjustment in birds.- Hormones Rule the Roost: Hormonal influences on sex ratio adjustment in birds and mammals.- What went wrong at Jurassic Park? Modes of sex determination and adaptive sex allocation in reptiles.- The truth about Nemo's Dad: Sex-changing behaviors in fishes.- Mechanisms of environmental sex determination in fish, amphibians, and reptiles.