Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Human BeingsOxford University Press, 1998 - 546 pages Primate Sexuality is a uniquely comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about the sexual behaviour of primates. In it, Alan Dixson reviews and integrates both the evolutionary biology and the physiological basis of sexual behaviour across the whole spectrum of primates, from prosimians tohumans. Covering almost every aspect of primate sexuality, the book begins with an analysis of the history of research into primate sexual behaviour. Several chapters discuss the complex array of mating systems exhibited by primates, and the bewildering range of tactics which influence sexualinteractions withing mating systems, and, ultimately, reproductive success. Sex selection, sperm competition, and the evolution of sexual dimorphism are explored. The book also reviews our current knowledge of the physiological aspects of sexuality, such as the sexual differentiation of the brain,hormonal mechanisms, the ovarian cycle, and the neuroendocrinal regulation of sexual behaviour. No other book written on the subject of primate sexuality exhibits such comparative breadth or technical depth. Dixson has been working on primates for almost 30 years, and has put together anoutstanding volume, drawing on and collating work spread across more than 2000 references. The work is illustrated throughout with hundreds of original drawings and figures. It will be welcomed by zoologists, anthropologists, and psychologists researching the sexual behaviour of primates, as well asby psychiatrists and clinicians with an interest in human sexuality. |
Table des matières
Darwin and friends | 1 |
Mating systems | 22 |
Mating tactics and reproductive success | 51 |
Sexual behaviour and sexual response | 93 |
Sociosexual behaviour and homosexuality | 146 |
Sexual selection and sexually dimorphic traits | 170 |
Sperm competition | 217 |
Has sexual selection influenced the evolution of sperm length? | 227 |
Do social or sexual stimuli affect sperm counts? | 243 |
Sexual differential of the brain and behaviour | 277 |
The ovarian cycle and sexual behaviour | 315 |
The neuroendocrine regulation of sexual behaviour in the adult female | 354 |
Hormones and sexual behaviour in the adult male | 389 |
Socioendocrinology and sexual behaviour | 444 |
References | 467 |
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