Evolution: informational constraints on adaptation
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serval:BIB_BB63FFADD075
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Letter (letter): Communication to the publisher.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Evolution: informational constraints on adaptation
Journal
Current Biology
ISSN
0960-9822
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2004
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
14
Number
18
Pages
R757-8
Notes
Journal Article Review --- Old month value: Sep 21
Abstract
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.
Keywords
*Adaptation, Physiological Animals *Cues *Evolution Female Models, Biological *Sex Ratio Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology Wasps/*physiology
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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20/08/2019 16:29
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