title: Social evolution: evolving sex ratios.
abstract: A recent study comparing sex ratios produced by experimental evolution in spider mites with those predicted by Hamilton's Local Mate Competition Theory clearly demonstrates Evolutionary Theory's success as a quantitatively predictive science.
authors.affiliation: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, DPO AA 34002-9998, USA. herrea@si.edu
authors.forename: Edward Allen
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Herre
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shuker
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D008297:Male; D052586:Mating Preference, Animal; D008954:Models, Biological; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012919:Social Behavior; D040102:Tetranychidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology