Maternal control of offspring sex and male morphology in the Otitesella fig wasps

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-253

  Pienaar, Jason ^a   Greeff, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics conditional strategies; ESS; Fig wasps; Male dimorphism; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WASP;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; WASPS;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); OTITESELLA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037369645     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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