Rapid evolution towards equal sex ratios in a system with heterogamety

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-283

  Blows, Mark W ^a,d   Berrigan, David ^b,c   Gilchrist, George W ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterogamety; Interspecific hybrids; Natural selection; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000166637     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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