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Book SynopsisMany evidences have begun to reveal flaws in the assumption of female passivity and lack of discrimination after copulation has begun. This book features research on the ability of females to shape the outcome of mating. It also describes studies of cryptic mechanisms by which a female can accept a male for copulation but reject him as a father.
Trade Review"This book could change the way you think about females ... [It] is an easy, well-organized read... Female Control makes it clear that females surely must have partial or complete control over some aspects of reproduction... [It] is destined to be an influential book, and deserves to be a citation classic."--American Zoologist
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments1What Is Cryptic Female Choice?32Selection on Cryptic Female Choice443Principal Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice804Other Mechanisms of Cryptic Female Choice1425Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice is Widespread, I: Copulatory Courtship and Related Phenomena2046Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, II: Effects of Male Sexual Products on Females2567Evidence That Cryptic Female Choice Is Widespread, III: Male and Female Morphology3318Related Topics3679Evidence Ruling Out Cryptic Female Choice: Is It Common?39710Summary and Conclusions416References423Subject Index489Taxonomic Index492
