Paternal condition drives progeny sex-ratio bias in a lizard that lacks parental care

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 220-230

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Duryea, M Catherine ^a   Najarro, Michael ^a,b   Calsbeek, Ryan ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Good genes; Paternity analysis; Selection analysis; Sex allocation; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO;

ANOLIS SAGREI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650940248     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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