Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a single genotype to produce more than one alternative
form of morphology, physiological state, and/or behavior in response to environmental …

A great deal of information is known regarding the process of sex differentiation in fish, and
the mechanisms involved in primary sex determination are now beginning to be defined. A …

Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only
modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers …

Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has
evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and …

Abstract In this book, Eric Charnov uses ideas about symmetry, invariance, and scaling laws
to explore aspects of population dynamics and the evolution of male and female life …

Tropical fish present some of the best examples of how new species evolve and how
complex ecological communities are maintained. Their study has generated important new …

The conflict between the Mendelian theory of participate inheritance1 and the observation of
continuous variation for most traits in nature was resolved in the early 1900s by the concept …

Words of the Lagoon is an account of the pioneering work of a marine biologist to discover,
test, and record the knowledge possessed by native fisherman of the Palau Islands of …

Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex
allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female …