Reformulation of Trivers–Willard hypothesis for parental investment

Jibeom Choi; Hyungmin Roh; Sang-im Lee; Hee-Dae Kwon; Myungjoo Kang; Piotr G. Jablonski

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03286-z

Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Reformulation of Trivers–Willard hypothesis for parental investment

Jibeom Choi,
Hyungmin Roh,
Sang-im Lee,
Hee-Dae Kwon,
Myungjoo Kang,
Piotr G. Jablonski

Affiliations

Jibeom Choi: Department of Applied Mathematics, Kyung Hee University
Hyungmin Roh: Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sang-im Lee: Laboratory of Integrative Animal Ecology, Department of New Biology, DGIST
Hee-Dae Kwon: Department of Mathematics, Inha University
Myungjoo Kang: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Seoul National University
Piotr G. Jablonski: Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Science, Seoul National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03286-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A revisiting of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis models optimal strategies for parental investment that are dependent on sex differences in the shape of offspring fitness function rather than in fitness variance, and can be used to predict the preferred offspring sex.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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