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  458.     <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?</h1>
  459.     <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> and <span class="person_name">Uller, Tobias</span> and <span class="person_name">Pen, Ido</span> and <span class="person_name">Komdeur, Jan</span> and <span class="person_name">Olsson, Mats</span> and <span class="person_name">Shine, Richard</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?</xhtml:em> Oikos, 116 . pp. 1051-1057. ISSN 0030-1299</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2188/1/Disentangling_Complexities.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2188/1/Disentangling_Complexities.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />87Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2756" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15811.x">http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15811.x</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Sex allocation is an important field in evolutionary biology, both historically and currently. However, while sex&#13;
  460. allocation theory has successfully predicted sex ratio bias in some taxa, most notably parasitic wasps, vertebrates&#13;
  461. are notorious for their poor fit to theoretical models. We argue that this arises from the use of very complex&#13;
  462. model systems to test relatively simple theoretical models. We further argue that squamate reptiles - lizards and&#13;
  463. snakes - have unduly been neglected in sex allocation studies and in fact may conform more readily to the&#13;
  464. underlying assumptions of existing theoretical models than many other vertebrates. We provide a five-point&#13;
  465. argument in favor of the use of squamates as model systems in sex allocation based on their diversity in sex&#13;
  466. determining mechanisms, life history biology, and ease of experimental manipulations.&#13;
  467. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270706.html">270000 Biological Sciences &gt; 270700 Ecology and Evolution &gt; 270706 Life Histories (incl. Population Ecology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2188</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Erik Wapstra</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Oct 2007 09:12</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2188;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=2188">item control page</a></p>
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