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Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment

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We develop a natural selection model for sex ratio control in a spatially variable environment. Predictions of sex ratio alteration as a function of environmental change are tested in laboratory experiments with two parasitic wasps. Field data from a variety of other organisms also support the model Finally, we discuss possibilities and difficulties for testing this type of evolutionary model.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

    E. L. Charnov

  2. Zoölogisch Laboratorium, Rijks Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    R. L. Los-den Hartogh & J. van den Assem

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907

    W. T. Jones

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Charnov, E., Los-den Hartogh, R., Jones, W. et al. Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment. Nature 289, 27–33 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/289027a0

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