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Nature 453, 605-606 (29 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453605a; Published online 28 May 2008
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Evolutionary biology: Sex ratios writ small
Jos. J. Schall1
Abstract
The evolutionary theory of sex ratios should apply to all creatures, both great and small. Experimental studies of the proportions of male to female sex cells of malaria parasites deliver cheering results.
Charles Darwin, the man of 'enlarged curiosity', was particularly curious about sex. He wondered, for example, why males and females are equally abundant in so many species in which males can mate with multiple females.
- Jos. J. Schall is in the Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
Email: jschall@zoo.uvm.edu
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