Sex ratio in two species of Pegoscapus wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) that develop in figs: can wasps do mathematics, or play sex ratio games?

The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structure that fits local mate competition (LMC). It has been traditionally assumed that LMC organisms adjust the sex ratio by laying a greater proportion of male eggs when there is superparasitism (several f...

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Publicado en:	Revista de Biología Tropical Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 605 - 622
Autores principales:	Ramírez-Benavides, William, Monge-Nájera, Julián, Chavarría, Juan B.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Universidad de Costa Rica sep2009
Materias:	Computer operating systems Egg incubation Mathematical programming Hypothesis Hymenoptera
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