title: Sex allocation: size matters for red spider mites.
abstract: Many animals can adjust the sex ratio of their offspring according to their parental ability to invest. In spider mites, larger eggs are likely to be fertilized and produce diploid females, whereas smaller eggs produce haploid males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. drdejackson@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Duncan E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004531:Eggs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012744:Sex Ratio; D040102:Tetranychidae / Q000502:physiology*