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Genetics of sexual differentiation and sexually dimorphic behaviors [electronic resource] / edited by Daisuke Yamamoto. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AP, c2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 274 p., [8] p. of col. plates) : ill. (some col.) - Advances in genetics, v. 59 0065-2660 ; . - Advances in genetics ; v. 59. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors to volume 59 -- Preface -- Genetic control of sex differences in C. elegans neurobiology and behavior / Douglas S. Portman -- The neural and genetic substrates of sexual behavior in drosophila / Daisuke Yamamoto -- Sexual differentiation of the vocal control system of birds / Manfred Gahr -- Gene regulation as a modulator of social preference in voles / Elizabeth A.D. Hammock -- Genetic basis for MHC-dependent mate choice / Kunio Yamazaki, Gary K. Beauchamp -- Molecular biology of peptide pheromone production and reception in mice / Kazushige Touhara -- Environmental programming of phenotypic diversity in female reproductive strategies / Michael J. Meaney -- Genomic imprinting and the evolution of sex differences in mammalian reproductive stategies / E.B. Keverne -- Sex differences in brain and behavior: hormones versus genes / Sven Bocklandt, Eric Vilain -- Index.

Hot topics on the genetics of sexual differentiation from leading international scientists.

ISBN: 9780080551609 (electronic bk.) 0080551602 (electronic bk.) 0120176602 (electronic bk.) 9780120176601 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex differentiation.
Genomics.
Sex Differentiation--genetics.
Genomics.
Pheromones--genetics.
Sexual Behavior.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Developmental Biology.
Genomics.
Sex differentiation.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QP278 / .G46 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 571.882