Constant Sex Ratios of Progeny in Nutritionally Stressed Wild House Mice

Data for wild house mice (Mus musculus) were analyzed to test the Trivers-Willard hypothesis of facultative sex-ratio adjustment as an adaptive response to stress (Trivers and Willard, 1973). Females were nutritionally deprived during the nursing period. Litters were examined for changes in secondar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Southwestern naturalist 1988-09, Vol.33 (3), p.255-261
1. Verfasser:	Cramer, Kenneth L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Breeding Control groups Dams Male animals Mating behavior Mice Reproduction Reproductive success Sex ratio Weaning
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