Further evaluation of the developmental asynchrony hypothesis of sex ratio variation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 243-250

  Krackow, Sven ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocyst development; Developmental asynchrony; Intra sexual competition; Sex ratio; Uterine synchronisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030978149     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01107-0     Document Type: Article

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