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Alternative life histories in sex changing shrimp: a phenotype limited ESS

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In many populations of protandrous shrimp, two alternative life histories coexist. One way to interpret this fact is that one age (or size) group consists of a mixture of males and females. This is a nice example of a ‘phenotype limited evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS)’, in the sense of Parker (1982, p. 187). This paper explores the ESS theory for the mixture.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Eric L. Charnov

  2. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Kristineberg Marine Biological Station, Kristineberg 2130, S-45034, Fiskebackskil, Sweden

    Bo Bergstrom

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Charnov, E.L., Bergstrom, B. Alternative life histories in sex changing shrimp: a phenotype limited ESS. Evol Ecol 1, 107–111 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02067394

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