Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
FEMALE CHEMICAL WARFARE DRIVES FITNESS EFFECTS OF GROUP SEX RATIO
I. Khan, A. Prakash, S. Issar…·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.
DOI 10.1086/695806