JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY 40(6) 833-838 2020年11月 [査読有り]
The male larvae of many parasitic barnacles are planktonic and are seasonally released. To achieve reproductive success, a male must be accepted by a receptive female that has successfully infected a host. To understand the seasonality of the bree...
Wise decision-making for coping with infectious diseases is a key to the success of farming, agriculture, as well as public health. Mastitis of dairy cows causes large economic burden to dairy farmers. Here, we study the optimal operation for a da...
Journal of Theoretical Biology 453 146-155 2018年9月 [査読有り]
Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is adopted by many animal taxa, including reptiles and fishes. In some species, the eggs develop into females under a low hatching temperature, whereas they will develop into males under a high hatchin...
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 421 127-135 2017年5月 [査読有り]
Among animals living in groups with reproductive skew associated with a dominance hierarchy, subordinates may do best by using various alternative tactics. Sequential hermaphrodites or sex changers adopt a unique solution, that is, being the sex w...
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