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Differential sex allocation in sand lizards: bright males induce daughter production in a species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes.
- Abstract:
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In sand lizards (Lacerta agilis), males with more and brighter nuptial coloration also have more DNA fragments visualized in restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of their major histocompatibility complex class I loci (and, hence, are probably more heterozygous at these loci). Such males produce more viable offspring, with a particularly strong viability effect on daughters. This suggests that females should adjust both their reproductive investment and offspring sex ratio in rela...
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- Journal:
- Biology letters
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 378-380
- Publication date:
- 2005-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1744-957X
- ISSN:
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1744-9561
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:209404
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209404
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- 2005
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