Experimental evolution of reduced sex ratio adjustment under local mate competition

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6059, 2011, Pages 1127-1129

  Macke, Emilie ^a   Magalhães, Sara ^b   Bach, Fabien ^a   Olivieri, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LOCAL MATE COMPETITION; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 82255175503     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1212177     Document Type: Article

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