Winning the Genetic Lottery: Biasing Birth Sex Ratio Results in More Grandchildren

Population dynamics predicts that on average parents should invest equally in male and female offspring; similarly, the physiology of mammalian sex determination is supposedly stochastic, producing equal numbers of sons and daughters. However, a high quality parent can maximize fitness by biasing th...

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Autores principales: Thogerson, Collette M., Brady, Colleen M., Howard, Richard D., Mason, Georgia J., Pajor, Edmond A., Vicino, Greg A., Garner, Joseph P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067867

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067867

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