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Adaptive sex allocation in anticipation of changes in offspring mating opportunities

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Authors

Kahn, Andrew

Kokko, Hanna

Jennions, Michael

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

Sex allocation theory explains why most species produce equal numbers of sons and daughters, and highlights situations that select for deviation from this norm. Past research has, however, heavily focused on situations with discrete generations. When temp

Keywords

Keywords: estuarine environment; life history; mating behavior; research work; sex allocation; sex ratio; teleost; article; autumn; female; fish; Gambusia holbrooki; life history; male; mating; nonhuman; prediction; progeny; reproduction; sex allocation; spring; wi

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65628

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nature Communications

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1038/ncomms2634

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