Lizard Moms Select Offsprings' Sex, Based on Mate (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Lizard Moms Select Offsprings' Sex, Based on Mate (2 of 2)

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Female brown anoles (center) produce more sons via large sires (left) and more daughters via small sires (right). This image relates to an article that appeared in the March 4, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. R.M. Cox at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and colleagues, was titled, "Cryptic Sex-Ratio Bias Provides Indirect Genetic Benefits Despite Sexual Conflict."

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