Sex allocation: At the females' whim

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1999, Pages

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0033166610     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80303-0     Document Type: Note

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