Literature speculating on the fetal origins of later life morbidity often invokes the ''damaged cohort '' theory, i.e., that maternal responses to exogenous shocks induce ''stress reactivity'' in fetuses and thereby shorten the lifespan of males in utero during stressful times. A rival, or ''culled
Rare male advantage and sex ratio
โ Scribed by J. Lechien; C. Dernoncourt-Sterpin; A. Elens
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 446 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6707
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โฆ Synopsis
Relative success of mutant white and wild-type CS Drosophila melanogaster males is frequency-dependent, if sex ratio is 1:1. If the number of females is constant, this success depends on the ratio between the mutant and wild-type males. The sex ratio changes strongly affect the male mating activity of both genotypes.
Emphasis is placed on the general interest of the Ayala equation and the Wattiaux-Lichtenberger equation in frequency-dependence and sex ratio dependence analysis.
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