Sex Allocation: Size Matters for Red Spider Mites
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Sex Allocation: Size Matters for Red Spider Mites
Many animals can adjust the sex ratio of their offspring according to their parental ability to invest. In spider mites, larger eggs are likely to be fertilized and produce diploid females, whereas smaller eggs produce haploid males.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.049