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spellingShingle Lavoie, Misha D., Tedeschi, Jamie N., Garcia-Gonzalez, Francisco, Firman, Renée C., Evolution Letters, Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
title Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_full Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_fullStr Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_full_unstemmed Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_short Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_sort exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
title_unstemmed Exposure to male-dominated environments during development influences sperm sex ratios at sexual maturity
topic Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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