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Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom

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Editors:
  1. Rudolf Reinboth

    1. Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Invertebrates

    1. Sex and Sex Determination in Coelenterates

      • P. Tardent
      Pages 1-13

    2. Sexual Differentiation in the Fissiparous Strain of Dugesia gonocephala

      • Th. Lender, C. Briançon
      Pages 14-19

    3. Sexuality and Neurosecretion in Freshwater Planarians

      • M. Grasso
      Pages 20-29

    4. Sex Differentiation in Regenerating ♂/♀ Nemertine Chimeras

      • J. Bierne
      Pages 30-40

    5. Sex Reversal in the Syllinae (Polychaeta: Annelida)

      • M. Durchon
      Pages 41-47

    6. Mutual Influence on the Sexual Differentiation in the Protandric Polychaete Ophryotrocha puerilis

      • H.-D. Pfannenstiel
      Pages 48-56

    7. Neurosecretory Phenomena during Reproduction in Oligochaeta

      • H. Herlant-Meewis
      Pages 57-63

    8. Study of Sex Control of Gametogenesis by Organ Culture in the Oligochaete Annelid Eisenia foetida f. typica Sav.

      • M. Lattaud
      Pages 64-71

    9. Factors of Primary Sexual Differentiation in the Simultaneous Hermaphrodite Eisenia foetida (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

      • J. C. Relexans
      Pages 72-83

    10. Sex-Determination in Bonellia

      • R. Leutert
      Pages 84-90

    11. Hermaphroditism and Gynandromorphism in Malacostracan Crustacea

      • H. Charniaux-Cotton
      Pages 91-105

    12. Temperature-Sensitive Intersexuality and Its Determinism in Orchestia gammarella Pallas

      • T. Ginsburger-Vogel
      Pages 106-120

    13. Parasite-Induced Castration and Intersexuality in Insects

      • W. Wülker
      Pages 121-134

    14. Hermaphroditism in Insects. Studies on Icerya purchasi

      • M. Royer
      Pages 135-145

    15. Sex Specific Cell Differentiation in Different Types of Intersexes of Lymantria dispar L.

      • G. C. Mosbacher
      Pages 146-157

    16. Structural and Endocrinological Aspects of Hermaphroditism in Pulmonate Snails, with Particular Reference to Lymnaea stagnalis (L.)

      • J. Joosse
      Pages 158-169

    17. Protandric Hermaphroditism in Prosobranch Gastropods

      • S. Le Gall, W. Streiff
      Pages 170-178

    18. The Sexuality of Pelecypod Molluscs

      • P. Herlin-Houtteville, P. E. Lubet
      Pages 179-187

    19. Hermaphroditism in Echinoderms. Studies on Asteroids

      • R. Delavault
      Pages 188-200
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About this book

When Richard Goldschmidt' coined the term "intersexuality" in 1915, he intended it to apply to normally dioecious species which exhibit some kind of mixture between male and female characters. However, as knowledge of the bewildering variability present in the sexual orga­ nization of members of the animal kingdom has increased, the original meaning of the word has changed. Today many authors define inter­ sexuality as "the presence of both male and female characteristics, or of intermediate sexual characteristics, in a single individual".2 This more extensive and widely accepted concept justifies the title of our book •. Among all the anatomical and physiological features of living organisms the reproductive system has a unique importance for the perpetuation of the species. Conversely, reproductive processes are of little or no account for the viability of the individual. Therefore, within the framework of general biology reproduction has all too often been looked at solely from the point of view of genetics. Lively discussions about genotypic versus phenotypic sex determination long dominated the sci­ entific literature on sexuality in animals; this one-sided emphasis has tended to obscure many important facets of an organism's ability to reproduce. Recent developments in current biological research have brought the classic problem of sex differentiation into focus again, and the rapid progress being made in comparative endocrinology has added a new di­ mension to the study of reproductive biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

    Rudolf Reinboth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom

  • Editors: Rudolf Reinboth

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66069-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-66071-9Published: 25 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-66069-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 452

  • Topics: Zoology, Biomedicine general

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