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Sex allocation: At the females' whim
1Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18d, S-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden. ben.sheldon@zoologi.uu.se
Current Biology : CB
|July 8, 1999
Abstract:
Experimental studies of wild birds suggest that females have a previously unappreciated ability to control the sex ratio of their offspring in response to variation in sex-specific fitness benefits.