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The 7 sexes : biology of sex determination

Author
Carlson, Elof Axel.
Title
The 7 sexes : biology of sex determination / Elof Axel Carlson.
Format
Book
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Description
xvi, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Variant title
Seven sexes
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Wild guesses in an era of scientific ignorance
  • The ancient world
  • Monotheistic religious interpretations
  • The descriptive embryology of male and female development
  • The discovery of the egg in higher eukaryotes
  • The discovery of sperm in higher eukaryotes
  • The discovery of sex hormones
  • Ploidy levels and sex determination
  • The discovery of sex chromosomes
  • The balance theory of sex determination
  • The discovery of sex in microorganisms
  • The history and interpretations of hermaphrodites and intersexes
  • Dosage compensation and the sex chromosomes
  • The discovery of human sex chromosome conditions
  • The seven sexes of humans
  • The identification and role of sex-determining genes
  • The history of homosexuality
  • The history of behavioral gender assignment
  • The evolution of sex determination
  • What does it mean to have an assigned sex?
  • The quest for a unified theory of sex, gender, and sexuality
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: Secondary literature and the relation of biology to sex and gender
  • Glossary.
Kinsey subjects
Genetics. Sex hormones. Determinants of sex differentiation.
ISBN
9780253006455 (cl : alk. paper) 0253006457 (cl : alk. paper) 9780253006547 (eb) 0253006546 (eb)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
150 C25 s4 2013
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute