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An adaptive annual rhythm in the sex of first pigeon eggs

When the reproductive value of male and female offspring varies differentially, parents are predicted to adjust the sex ratio of their offspring to maximize their fitness (Trivers and Willard, Science 179:90–92, 1973). Two factors have been repeatedly linked to skews in avian offspring sex ratio. Fi...

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Autores principales: Dijkstra, Cor, Riedstra, Bernd, Dekker, Arjan, Goerlich, Vivian C., Daan, Serge, Groothuis, Ton G. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20730075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-0954-8