Maternal adjustment of the sex ratio in broods of the broad-horned flour beetle, Gnathocerus cornutus

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Cruickshank, Tami ^a,b   Wade, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COLEOPTERA; GNATHOCERUS CORNUTUS;

EID: 84863424002     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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