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Sexual selection favors female-biased sex ratios: the balance between the opposing forces of sex-ratio selection and sexual selection.

The American naturalist - 1 Oct 2003

Wade Michael J, Shuster Stephen M, Demuth Jeffery P

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In a verbal model, Trivers and Willard proposed that, whenever there is sexual selection among males, natural selection should favor mothers that produce sons when in good condition but daughters when in poor condition. The predictions of this model have been the subject of recent debate. We pres...

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PMID: 14582004
DOI: 10.1086/378211

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