Name: On the Origin of Sex. The Weird and Wonderful Science of How Our Planet is Populated
SKU: 65861517
Price: 460.00 ZAR
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Author: Lixing Sun
ISBN: 9781805223283

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On the Origin of Sex. The Weird and Wonderful Science of How Our Planet is Populated

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Author

Lixing Sun

Year

2026

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.4x15.3 cm

ISBN13

9781805223283

On the Origin of Sex. The Weird and Wonderful Science of How Our Planet is Populated

Lixing Sun (Author) · Profile Books Ltd · Hardcover

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Synopsis "On the Origin of Sex. The Weird and Wonderful Science of How Our Planet is Populated"

Let''s talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly fascinating, varied and complex forms of reproduction that can be found in the rest of the natural world. Whiptail lizards and California condors are capable of immaculate conception, while clownfish and bearded dragons regularly switch between male and female.Sex in slime molds can involve three mating types. For some fungi, it''s twenty-three thousand. And for algae, every single organism is a potential mate - a veritable bonanza. Lixing Sun has spent decades expanding the bounds of what we know about reproduction, in all its many flavours. And as it turns out, sex is far more complex and eye-opening than we ever could have imagined.

'Fascinating ... this book will make you rethink what you thought you knew about sex' CAT BOHANNON'A thrilling biological detective story. Brilliant told and relentlessly entertaining' CHARLES FOSTERExplore the spectacular science of reproduction - from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in betweenLet's talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly fascinating, varied and complex forms of reproduction that can be found in the rest of the natural world. Whiptail lizards and California condors are capable of immaculate conception, while strawberries are reproductive flip-floppers. Clownfish can permanently change sex, while bearded dragons undergo temperature-dependent sex reversal. For the humble slime mould, sex can involve hundreds of mating types - a veritable bonanza. Lixing Sun has spent decades expanding the bounds of what we know about reproduction, in all its many flavours. And as it turns out, sex is far more complex and eye-opening than we ever could have imagined.