Maternal Testosterone and Offspring Sex-Ratio in Birds and Mammals: A Meta-Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Merkling ◽  
Shinichi Nakagawa ◽  
Malgorzata Lagisz ◽  
Lisa E. Schwanz
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Offspring Sex ◽  
Maternal Testosterone

Impact of blastocyst transfer on offspring sex ratio and the monozygotic twinning rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 2381-2390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Jin Chang ◽  
Jung Ryeol Lee ◽  
Byung Chul Jee ◽  
Chang Suk Suh ◽  
Seok Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Blastocyst Transfer ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Monozygotic Twinning ◽  
Offspring Sex

scholarly journals Change in Body Mass Can Overrule the Effects of Maternal Testosterone on Primary Offspring Sex Ratio of First Eggs in Homing Pigeons

2010 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. C. Goerlich ◽  
C. Dijkstra ◽  
J. J. Boonekamp ◽  
T. G. G. Groothuis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Homing Pigeons ◽  
Offspring Sex ◽  
Maternal Testosterone

scholarly journals Facultative adjustment of the offspring sex ratio and male attractiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isobel Booksmythe ◽  
Brian Mautz ◽  
Jacqueline Davis ◽  
Shinichi Nakagawa ◽  
Michael D. Jennions
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Male Attractiveness ◽  
Offspring Sex

Offspring sex ratio in moose Alces alces in relation to paternal age: an experiment

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernt-Erik Sæther ◽  
Erling J. Solberg ◽  
Morten Heim ◽  
John E. Stacy ◽  
Kjetill S. Jakobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Paternal Age ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Offspring Sex

Breeding system can affect the offspring sex ratio in Syrian hamsters

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
M O M Chelini ◽  
N L Souza ◽  
E Otta
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Breeding System ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Syrian Hamsters ◽  
Offspring Sex

scholarly journals Is biasing offspring sex ratio adaptive? A test of Fisher's principle across multiple generations of a wild mammal in a fluctuating environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1891) ◽  
pp. 20181251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea E. Wishart ◽  
Cory T. Williams ◽  
Andrew G. McAdam ◽  
Stan Boutin ◽  
Ben Dantzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus ◽  
Red Squirrels ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Offspring Sex ◽  
Adult Sex Ratio ◽  
Secondary Sex Ratio ◽  
North American Red Squirrels ◽  
Negative Frequency Dependent Selection ◽  
Fisher’S Principle

Fisher's principle explains that population sex ratio in sexually reproducing organisms is maintained at 1 : 1 owing to negative frequency-dependent selection, such that individuals of the rare sex realize greater reproductive opportunity than individuals of the more common sex until equilibrium is reached. If biasing offspring sex ratio towards the rare sex is adaptive, individuals that do so should have more grandoffspring. In a wild population of North American red squirrels ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ) that experiences fluctuations in resource abundance and population density, we show that overall across 26 years, the secondary sex ratio was 1 : 1; however, stretches of years during which adult sex ratio was biased did not yield offspring sex ratios biased towards the rare sex. Females that had litters biased towards the rare sex did not have more grandoffspring. Critically, the adult sex ratio was not temporally autocorrelated across years, thus the population sex ratio experienced by parents was independent of the population sex ratio experienced by their offspring at their primiparity. Expected fitness benefits of biasing offspring sex ratio may be masked or negated by fluctuating environments across years, which limit the predictive value of the current sex ratio.

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