Biology Faculty & Staff Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-14-1978
Abstract
Pandalus jordani is a protandrus (sequential) hermaphrodite. Populations show large year-to-year variation in age composition. In response to this variation, individuals alter the age at which they change sex. This response is predicted by a genetic model that assumes an individual shrimp maximizes its genetic contribution to the next generation.
Publisher
AAAS
Volume
200
First Page
204
Last Page
206
Language (ISO)
English
Keywords
hermaphrodites, protandry, sex ratio, Pandalid shrimp
Recommended Citation
Charnov, E.L., D. Gotshall, and J. Robinson. 1978. Sex ratio: Adaptive response to population fluctuation in Pandalid shrimp. Science 200:204-206
