title: Evolution. The benefits of allocating sex.
abstract: Organisms allocate resources to male and female offspring in a process called sex allocation. In a Perspective, Stuart West and colleagues discuss what sex allocation tells us about evolution by natural selection and how sex allocation can be applied to understanding the mating structure of parasitic protozoans.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. stu.west@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Herre
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sheldon
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D007178:Inbreeding; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000502:physiology; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal