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Sex Ratio of Small Hive Beetles: The Role of Pupation and Adult Longevity

The sex ratio of sexually reproducing animal species tends to be 1:1, which is known as Fisher’s principle. However, differential mortality and intraspecific competition during pupation can result in a biased adult sex ratio in insects. The female-biased sex ratio of small hive beetles (SHBs) is kno...

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Autores principales: Papach, Anna, Gonthier, Jérémy, Williams, Geoffrey R., Neumann, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31067691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10050133