Do tiny males grow up? Sperm competition and optimal resource allocation schedule of dwarf males of barnacles

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-328

  Yamaguchi, Sachi ^a   Ozaki, Yuki ^a   Yusa, Yoichi ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarf male; Intermediate growth; Pontryagin's maximum principle; Resource allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERMAPHRODITE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SWITCHING; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FOOD; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; THORACICA;

CRUSTACEA; THORACICA;

EID: 33847083543     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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