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Entomology

the idea that colonies differing in relatedness asymmetry should specialize in producing mostly males or mostly females rather than a common population ratio.

In entomology, split sex ratio theory refers to the idea that colonies differing in relatedness asymmetry should specialize in producing mostly males or mostly females rather than a common population ratio. This meaning comes from Boomsma (1991) in Journal of Evolutionary Biology.[1]

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asymmetry4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs population4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs sex ratio3 fields · 3 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systems

References

Boomsma, J. J., & Grafen, A. (1991). Colony‐level sex ratio selection in the eusocial Hymenoptera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4(3), 383-407. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030383.x

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