Evolution. The benefits of allocating sex.

Journal article

Organisms allocate resources to male and female offspring in a process called sex allocation. In a Perspective, Stuart West and colleagues discuss what sex allocation tells us about evolution by natural selection and how sex allocation can be applied to understanding the mating structure of parasitic protozoans.

Authors: West, SA; Herre, E; Sheldon, B

• Journal: Science
• Volume: 290
• Issue: 5490
• Pages: 288-290
• Publication date: 2000-10-13
• DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5490.288
• EISSN: 1095-9203
• ISSN: 0036-8075
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Adaptation, Physiological; Sex Characteristics; Inbreeding; Plasmodium; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Sex Ratio; Female; Biological Evolution; Insects; Male; Selection, Genetic