Sex-specific reaction norms to intraspecific larval competition in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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Sex-specific reaction norms to intraspecific larval competition in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
As the relationship between a given life-history trait and fitness is not necessarily the same for the two sexes, an 'intersexual ontogenetic conflict' may arise. We analysed the phenotypic reaction to intraspecific larval competition of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, asking: (i) Do both sexes pay the cost of competition with the same life-history traits and are they equal competitors? (ii) Is th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00576.x