Sex Determination and Sexual Development

Reviews current understanding and thinking of how sex determination is initiated and how it results in sexual dimorphic development.

Mark Van Doren (Volume editor)

9780123744968, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 16 December 2008

304 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.68 kg

This volume reviews our current understanding for how sex determination is initiated and how it results in sexual dimorphic development. Chapters discussing work on different model systems provide a basis for understanding similarities that exist between different species. Coverage includes discussion of sexual development of the soma in C. elegans; sexual development of the germline in C. elegans; sexual development of the soma in Drosophila; sexual development of the germline in Drosophila; sexual development of the soma in the mouse; sexual development of the germline in the mouse; control of sex-specific behavior in Drosophila; and control of sex-specific behavior in vertebrates.

1) Sexual development of the soma in C. elegans


2) Sexual development of the germline in C. elegans


3) Sexual development of the soma in Drosophila


4) Sexual development of the germline in Drosophila


5) Sexual development of the soma in the mouse


6) Sexual development of the germline in the mouse


7) The control of sex-specific behavior in Drosophila


8) The control of sex-specific behavior in vertebrates

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Animal physiology [PSVD], Developmental biology [PSC], Evolution [PSAJ]