The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation.

Sex allocation theory predicts that parents should bias their reproductive investments toward the offspring sex generating the greatest fitness return. When females are the heterogametic sex (e.g., ZW in butterflies, some lizards, and birds), production of daughters is associated with an increased r...

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Main Authors: Olsson, M, Madsen, T, Uller, T, Wapstra, E, Ujvari, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005