Sex‐specific demography and generalization of the Trivers–Willard theory
The Trivers–Willard theory proposes that the sex ratio of offspring should vary with maternal condition when it has sex‐specific influences on offspring fitness. In particular, mothers in good condition in polygynous and dimorphic species are predicted to produce an excess of sons, whereas mothers i...
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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