Inbreeding and selection on sex ratio in the bark beetle <it>Xylosandrus germanus</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Local Mate Competition (LMC) theory predicts a female should produce a more female-biased sex ratio if her sons compete with each other for mates. Because it provides quantitative predictions that can be experimentally tested, LMC is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/359 |