The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Uller, Tobias ^a   Pen, Ido ^b   Wapstra, Erik ^c   Beukeboom, Leo W ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 34248371680     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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