Introduction
Gonadal origin, eggs and sperm; Chromosomes and heterogamety; Prevalence of gonochorism; Escape from Muller’s ratchet; Multiple parentage and genetic diversity; Prelude
Cytogenetics and Sex Chromosomes
Chromosomes and genomes; Cytogenetics; Heterogamety
Hybridization and Sex Ratio
Extent of hybridizations; Hybrid identification; Viability and fertility; Introgressive hybridization; Sex ratio
Gynogenesis and Consequences
Gynogenics types; Purity of gynogenics; Survival and gamety; Fertility and F1 sex ratio; Sex ratio and departures
Androgenesis and Autosomes
Production methods; Survival; Fertility; Overriding autosomes
Triploidy and sterility
Types of triploids; Survival and sex ratio; Male’s fertilizability; Female sterility
Tetraploidy and polyploidy
Survey and history; Scope for polyploidization; Tetraploid types; True induced tetraploids; Polyploidy; Intraploid hybridizations; Unreduced "gamete bank"
Allogenesis and xenogenesis
Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs); PGC transplantation system; PGCs in hybrid embryos; PGCs in heterospecific embryos; Spermatogonial Stem Cells (SSCs); Renewal of SSCs; SSC transplantation system; Relevance of PGCs and SSCs; Surgical gonadectomy
Sex changers and hermaphroditism
Extant of hermaphroditism; Sex change in gonochores; Sex allocation; Sex changing age; Genetic or environment?
Unisexualism and reproductive modes
Mutational meltdown; Exploration of reproductive modes; Squalius alburnoides; Males in unisexuals
Genetic sex determination
Molecular markers; Sex chromosomes; Sexonomics; Sex changers; Polygenic sex determination; Concluding remarks
Biography
T. J. Pandian
