FEMALE CHEMICAL WARFARE DRIVES FITNESS EFFECTS OF GROUP SEX RATIO
I. Khan, A. Prakash, S. Issar, M. Umarani, R. Sasidharan, J. N M, P. Lama, R. Venkatesan, D. Agashe
The paper investigates how female chemical warfare via quinones affects fitness in flour beetles with skewed sex ratios, showing non-sexual competition reduces female fecundity in female-biased groups.
bioRxiv · Jan 13, 2017Evolutionary Biology