Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy Book

PrefacePart I: Distribution and Diversity of PregnancyChapter 1. One Generation Inside AnotherThe Sexual LifecycleOntogenetic and Evolutionary Gradations of PregnancyViviparous Pregnancy in the Reproductive TimelineHeterochronySome Unorthodox Routes to Internal PregnancySexual Inequalities and Female Authority Over ReproductionOther Sexual Asymmetries Related to Biological ParenthoodEvolutionary ReconstructionsSummaryChapter 2. Vertebrate Live-Bearers: The Borne and the BornViviparityEvolutionary OriginsDevelopmental SequencesTrophic Relationships Between Mother and FetusThe Cast of Viviparous VertebratesSummaryChapter 3. Vertebrate Alternatives to Standard PregnancyOviparity: The Borne and the HatchedThe Cast of Oviparous VertebratesIntermediate Conditions and Evolutionary TransitionsSummaryChapter 4. Nonvertebrate BroodersThe Cast of PlayersEvolutionary TransitionsConflicts Promoted by BroodingGenetic Parentage AssessmentsSummaryChapter 5. Human Pregnancy in Mythology and in Real LifeConception and ContraceptionExtracorporeal FertilizationSuperfetationTwinning or Multibirth PregnancyEctopic PregnancyFrom Preterm Labor to Prolonged PregnancySpontaneous AbortionInduced Abortion and InfanticideCesarean SectionPrecocious PubertyStandard Vaginal DeliveryThe PlacentaMenopauseMale PregnancySummaryPart II: Evolutionary Ramifications of PregnancyChapter 6. Natural Selection During Mammalian PregnancyDelayed ImplantationPolyembryonyDizygotic TwinningCooperation and Conflict Within the Nuclear FamilyEvolutionary Conflict in Mother-Offspring RelationsOther Categories of ConflictSummaryChapter 7. Sexual Selection and Piscine Pregnancy"Anisogamy, Sexual Selection, and Animal Mating Behaviors"Categories of Sexual SelectionFemale Pregnancy and Traditional Female ChoiceInternal Male PregnancyExternal PregnancySummaryChapter 8. Pregnancy in a Comparative LightSexual Selection and Multiple Mating by the Pregnant GenderNatural Selection Stemming from Pregnancy and BroodingSummaryEpilogueAppendix: Molecular-Genetic Parentage AnalysesGlossaryReferences CitedIndex

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