Evolution: conflict by the sexes, for the sexes

David M. Shuker; Nicola Cook

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.068

Evolution: conflict by the sexes, for the sexes

David M. Shuker^*, Nicola Cook

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A study in spider mites confirms predictions that males and females come into conflict over optimal sex allocation when local mate competition affects sex allocation in haplodiploid species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1135-R1137
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	24
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.068
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014

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Genetics and genomics of adaptive sex: The genetics and genomics of adaptive sex ratio behaviour
Shuker, D. M. (PI) & Ritchie, M. G. (CoI)
NERC
7/01/13 → 6/04/16
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