Reproductive Biology Ad Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Lizard reproduction: A history of discovery.
• The phylogeny of lizard families.
• Pheromones and chemical communication in lizards.
• Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism.
• Cues for reproduction in squamate reptiles.
• Female reproductive anatomy: cloaca, oviduct, and sperm storage.
• Female reproductive cycles.
• Oogenesis.
• Discovery of parthenogenesis in lizards.
• Male reproductive anatomy: the gonads, gonadoducts, sexual segment of the kidney, and cloaca.
• Male reproductive cycles.
• The architecture of the testis, spermatogenesis, and mature spermatozoa.
• Evolutionary ecology of reproductive investment in lizards.
• Viviparity and placentation in lizards.
• The complexity of understanding patterns of multiple paternity in lizards.
• The evolutionary ecology of parental care in lizards.
• Reproductive anatomy and cycles of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), an intriguing non-squamate lepidosaur.
• The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa of the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontidae: Amniota).