Sex allocation in haplodiploid cyclical parthenogens with density-dependent proportion of males

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 652-657

  Aparici, Eduardo ^a   Carmona, María José ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclical parthenogens; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Haplodiploid sex determination; Mathematical model; Rotifers; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031688953     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286196     Document Type: Note

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