American Naturalist · @ASNAmNat
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Now available ahead of print: "Five Decades of Yield No Support for of in Wild (Papio cynocephalus)" by Matthew N. Zipple, Elizabeth A. Archie, Jenny Tung, Raphael S. Mututua, J. Kinyua Warutere, I. Long’ida Siodi, Jeanne Altmann, and Susan C. Alberts

journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

#data #adaptivebiasing #offspring #sexratio #baboons

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Andy Gardner · @andygardner
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Andy Gardner · @andygardner
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Tom Dickins · @Tom_Dickins
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RT @drandygardner
New paper: "The rarer-sex effect" ()

doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0500

Part of a theme issue on "Half a century of evolutionary games"

royalsocietypublishing.org/toc @RSocPublishing @univofstandrews

#oa #unbeatablestrategy #gametheory #evolution #sexallocation #sexratio #philtransb #openaccess

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fx dechaume-moncharmont · @fxdm
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production by is expected to be balanced with even proportion of y-chromosome bearing (leading to son in ). This new study in shows that sperm can be tweaked in response to sexual competition.
📄 Firman et al. (2020) Sperm sex ratio adjustment in a mammal: perceived male competition leads to elevated proportions of female-producing sperm. Biology Letters 16:20190929 dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0

#Gamete #meiosis #sperm #mammal #mouse #sexratio #science #biology

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