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Do mothers bias offspring sex ratios in carotenoid-rich environments?

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Published in 2017 at "Behavioral Ecology"

DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw141

Abstract: If environmental or maternal factors favor the fitness of one sex over the other, theory predicts that mothers should produce more offspring of the sex most likely to benefit from prevailing conditions. For species where… read more here.

Keywords: sex ratios; ratios carotenoid; sex; mothers bias ... See more keywords