Journal article
Evolution: informational constraints on adaptation.
- Keller L Department of Ecology and Evolution, BB, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2004-09-24
Published in:
- Current biology : CB. - 2004
Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Biological Evolution
Cues
Female
Models, Biological
Sex Ratio
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Wasps
English
Many species adaptively alter offspring sex ratios, yet little is known about how they obtain relevant environmental information. New work on the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis reveals that the presence of eggs on hosts provides a reliable cue allowing females to determine the degree of local mate competition and adaptively adjust offspring sex ratios.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.013
- PMID 15380086
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/2493
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