Forgotten fathers: Paternal influences on mammalian sex allocation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-164

  Edwards, Amy M ^a   Cameron, Elissa Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sex allocation; Sex ratio; X Y chromosome bearing spermatozoa; X Y ratio

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; MAMMAL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO; X-/Y-CHROMOSOME-BEARING SPERMATOZOA; X/Y RATIO;

SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; X-/Y-CHROMOSOME-BEARING SPERMATOZOA; X/Y RATIO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84896740271     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.12.003     Document Type: Review

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