Milk composition during lactation suggests a mechanism for male biased allocation of maternal resources in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Recent research has found empirical evidence in support of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis that offspring sex allocation is correlated with maternal investment. Tammar wallabies birthing sons have higher investment ability; however a mechanism for sex specific differential allocation of maternal reso...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Serier: | PLoS ONE |
| Online adgang: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511374?pdf=render |