Sex ratio evolution under probabilistic sex determination

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2050-2060

  Paixão, Tiago ^a   Phadke, Sujal S ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a   Zufall, Rebecca A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Biased sex ratios; Frequency dependent selection; Genetic drift; Mixed strategies; Sex allocation; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BET-HEDGING; CILIATE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 79959953198     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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