Egg load is a cue for offspring sex ratio adjustment in a fig-pollinating wasp with male-eggs-first sex allocation

Zhang, XW; Dunn, DW; Wang, RW

Wang, RW (reprint author), Northwestern Polytech Univ, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.; Dunn, DW (reprint author), Northwest Univ, Coll Life Sci, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 0; ():

Abstract

Fig-pollinating wasps (Agaonidae) only reproduce within fig tree inflorescences (figs). Agaonid offspring sex ratios are usually female-biased and oft......

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