Fertility insurance and the sex ratios of malaria and related hemospororin blood parasites.

The sex ratio (z*; proportion of gametocytes that are male) of malaria and related hemospororin blood parasites has been predicted to be related to the inbreeding rate (f) by the simple equation z* = (1 - f)/2. Although there is some empirical support for this prediction, there are several cases whe...

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Autores principales: West, SA, Smith, T, Nee, S, Read, A
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2002