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Information constraints and the precision of adaptation: sex ratio manipulation in wasps.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Jul 2004

Shuker David M, West Stuart A

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Sex allocation theory offers excellent opportunities for studying the precision of adaptation. One of the best-supported areas in the field of sex allocation is Hamilton's theory of local mate competition, which predicts female-biased offspring sex ratios when populations are structured such that mating takes place locally before females disperse. As predicted by local mate competition theory, females of numerous...

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PMID: 15240888
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0308034101
PMCID: PMC478577

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