Do female Drosophila melanogaster adaptively bias offspring sex ratios in relation to the age of their mate?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1574, 2005, Pages 1781-1787

  Long, Tristan A F ^a   Pischedda, Alison ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Intraejaculate bias; Offspring fitness; Sex ratio manipulation; Sire age; Sperm use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FITNESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 26244432750     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3165     Document Type: Article

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