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A sex allocation cost to polyandry in a parasitoid wasp

The costs and benefits of polyandry are central to understanding the near-ubiquity of female multiple mating. Here, we present evidence of a novel cost of polyandry: disrupted sex allocation. In Nasonia vitripennis, a species that is monandrous in the wild but engages in polyandry under laboratory c...

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Autores principales: Boulton, Rebecca A., Shuker, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26041866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0205