Sex Ratios: Concepts and Research Methods

Book Overview

Covering sex allocation, sex determination and operational sex ratios, this multi-author volume provides both a conceptual context and an instruction in methods for many aspects of sex ratio research. Theory, statistical analysis and genetics are each explained and discussed in the first three sections. The remaining chapters each focus on research in one of a wide spectrum of animal, plant and microbial taxa, including sex ratio distorting bacteria...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521665787
• ISBN13: 9780521665780
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.6"