Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates : Asexual Propagation and Reproductive Strategies

Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates Volume VI Asexual Propagation and Reproductive Strategies Edited by K. G. Adiyodi and R. G. Adiyodi Department of Zoology, Calicut University, India. The story of invertebrate gametes — their structure, origin, composition, physiology, and production mechanisms — was told in Volumes I and II; how accessory sex gland secretions facilitate their packaging, storage, survival, and delivery in Volume III; events leading to and following the union of gametes such as insemination, sperm egg interaction, fertilization, development, embryonic nutrition, eclosion, and larval settlement and metamorphosis in Volume IV; different aspects of invertebrate sexology such as patterns of sexuality, sex determination, sexual differentiation and maturation, sexual receptivity and behaviour, and sex changes in Volume V. ‘Asexual Propagation and Reproductive Strategies’, the sixth volume in the encyclopaedic series, deals with asexual propagation and regeneration, parthenogenesis, special modes of reproduction such as polyembryony and paedogenesis, fecundity, sterility, breeding cycles, reproductive strategies (life history tactics), and interspecific reproductive isolation. This volume serves as an indispensable corollary and companion to the five volumes that have already appeared in the series. Other volumes in the seriesVolume IOogenesis, Oviposition,Volume IISpermatogenesis and Sperm FunctionVolume IIIAccessory Sex GlandsVolume IVFertilization, Development, and Parental Care (parts A and B)Volume VSexual Differentiation and Behaviour(Further volumes to be announced)