Mother's mitochondria and optimal offspring sex ratio

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Matessi, Carlo ^a   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biased sex ratios; Deleterious mutations; Evolutionary stability; Mitochondrial mutations; Optimal sex allocation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; ITALY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038620467     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-5809(02)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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