
Sexual Biology and Reproduction in Crustaceans
Description
Key Features
- Forms a valuable source of recent references on the current research in crustacean reproductive physiology
- Covers various mating and breeding systems, providing illustrative examples for sexual selection, parental care of developing eggs and embryos, and the evolution of other reproductive behaviors
- Features contributions written in the form of review articles, enabling readers to not only gain information in the respective subject, but also help them stimulate ideas in their chosen field of research
- Includes a glossary created by the author to define technical terms
- Demonstrates the ability of crustacean species to serve as useful model systems for other organisms, to investigate issues related to sexual conflict, mate choice, and sperm competition
- Discusses techniques in endocrine research to help researchers in aquaculture develop protocols in the control of reproduction
Readership
Researchers in the field of crustacean reproduction biology, invertebrate reproductive biology, invertebrate physiology, zoology, comparative reproductive biology and endocrinology, evolutionary biology, aquaculture, animal behavior, and advanced UG/grad students and instructors in these areas. Aquaculture practitioners will also find it useful for their hatchery operations
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Sex Determination
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Modes of Sex Determination
- 1.3. Sex Determination in Clamp Shrimp
- 1.4. Sex-Linked Genes and Sex Determination in Artemia salina
- 1.5. Epigenetic Factors on Sex Determination
- 1.6. Evolution of Sex-Determining Mechanism in Isopods
- 1.7. Amphipods
- 1.8. Decapods
- 1.9. Hormonal Regulation of Sex Determination in Crustacea
- Chapter 2. Sex Differentiation
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Gonad Differentiation
- 2.3. Female Differentiation in Orchestia gammarellus
- 2.4. Male Sex Differentiation in Orchestia gammarellus
- 2.5. Sexual Differentiation in Isopods
- 2.6. Sexual Differentiation in Decapoda
- 2.7. Discovery of Androgenic Gland
- 2.8. Role of Androgenic Gland in Male Sex Differentiation
- 2.9. Androgenic Gland Hormone
- 2.10. Molecular Basis of Sex Differentiation
- Chapter 3. Sexual Systems
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Gonochorism
- 3.3. Hermaphroditism
- 3.4. Protandric Simultaneous Hermaphroditism
- 3.5. Protogyny
- 3.6. Ecological and Evolutionary Importance of Sequential Hermaphroditism
- 3.7. Androdioecy
- 3.8. Intersexuality in Crustacea
- 3.9. Gynandromorphism in Crustacea
- 3.10. Parthenogenesis
- Chapter 4. Mating Systems
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Factors Influencing Mating System
- 4.3. Influence of Molting on Mating System
- 4.4. Life History Variation and Mating System
- 4.5. Types of Mating Systems
- 4.6. Social Monogamy
- 4.7. Eusociality in Sponge-Dwelling Snapping Shrimp Synalpheus
- 4.8. Social Monogamy to Eusociality
- 4.9. Bromeliad Crabs
- 4.10. Polygamy
- 4.11. Polygyny
- 4.12. Polyandry
- 4.13. Polygynandry
- 4.14. Aggregational Mating in Sand Crabs
- 4.15. Mating Systems in Hermaphrodites
- Chapter 5. Mating Behavior
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Pure Searching
- 5.3. Mate Guarding
- 5.4. Alternative Mating Strategy
- 5.5. Male Morphotypes and Alternative Mating Tactics
- 5.6. Mating Contests
- Chapter 6. Sex Pheromones
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Types of Pheromone
- 6.3. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 7. Reproductive Cycle and Environmental Control
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Patterns of Reproductive Cycle
- 7.3. Continuous Reproduction
- 7.4. Semiannual Reproductive Cycle
- 7.5. Annual Reproduction
- 7.6. Impact of Climate Change on Reproductive Cycle
- 7.7. Environmental Contamination Affecting Reproduction
- Chapter 8. Oogenesis
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Chelicerate and Mandibulate Type of Ovary
- 8.3. Oogenesis
- 8.4. Oocyte Differentiation
- 8.5. Biogenesis of Yolk
- 8.6. Endogenous Yolk Synthesis
- 8.7. Exogenous Yolk Synthesis
- 8.8. Vitellogenin
- 8.9. Yolk Processing
- 8.10. Crustacean Lipovitellin
- 8.11. Cortical Rod Formation
- Chapter 9. Endocrine Regulation of Vitellogenesis
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Eyestalk Inhibitory Hormones
- 9.3. Vitellogenesis-Inhibiting Hormone
- 9.4. Androgenic Hormone
- 9.5. Gonad-Stimulating Hormones
- 9.6. Future Perspectives on Application of Endocrine Research to Crustacean Aquaculture
- Chapter 10. Yolk Utilization and Embryonic Nutrition
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Embryonic Development
- 10.3. Biochemical Composition and Analysis
- 10.4. Lipid Utilization in Embryos and Larvae
- 10.5. Yolk Proteins
- 10.6. Energy Utilization
- 10.7. Enzyme Activity During Yolk Protein Degradation
- 10.8. Carotenoid Metabolism
- 10.9. Embryonic Ecdysteroids
- 10.10. Vertebrate Steroids
- Chapter 11. Spermatogenesis
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Male Reproductive System
- 11.3. Spermatogenesis
- 11.4. Spermiogenesis
- 11.5. Sperm Morphology
- 11.6. Sperm Morphology in Thalassinidea
- 11.7. Flagellate Spermatozoa of Cirripedes
- 11.8. Motile Spermatozoa of the Ostracod Cypridopsis
- 11.9. Nonmotile Spermatozoa of Artemia
- 11.10. Sperm Structure and Spermatogenesis in Copepoda
- 11.11. Remipede Sperm
- 11.12. Endocrine Regulation of Sperm Production
- Chapter 12. Spermatophore and Sperm Transfer Mechanisms
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Spermatophore Morphology
- 12.3. Functional Attributes and Evolutionary Perspectives
- Chapter 13. Accessory Reproductive Glands
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Female Ductal Glands
- 13.3. Oviductal Glands of Cirripedes
- 13.4. Nature of Ovisac Secretion
- 13.5. Disintegration of Sac Wall
- 13.6. Spermatheca
- 13.7. Shell Glands in Anostraca
- 13.8. Integumental Glands
- 13.9. Cement Glands of Crayfish
- 13.10. Male Accessory Sex Glands
- 13.11. Accessory Gland Secretions: A Functional Evaluation
- Chapter 14. Fertilization
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Resumption of Meiotic Maturation
- 14.3. Molecular Mechanisms of Meiotic Maturation
- 14.4. Hormonal Control of Meiotic Maturation
- 14.5. Egg Activation
- 14.6. Electrical Events at Egg Activation
- 14.7. Sperm Activation
- 14.8. Sperm–Egg Interaction and Pronuclear Fusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 526
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2016
- Published: September 22, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128096062
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128093375
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Thanumalaya Subramoniam
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