The evolution of sex ratio adjustment in the presence of sexually antagonistic selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-275

  Blackburn, Gwylim S ^a   Albert, Arianne Y K ^a   Otto, Sarah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Inheritance; Intralocus sexual conflict; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTAGONISM; BROOD REARING; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; MATE ATTRACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; SEX RATIO; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINKAGE;

EID: 77955644563     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655220     Document Type: Article

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