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This paper extends the theory of sex allocation to the case of temporal variation in male against female fitness options. In particular, it derives a product theorem for the phenotypic equilibrium allocation to pollen versus seeds in a cosexual plant.
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Charnov, E. An optimisation principle for sex allocation in a temporally varying environment. Heredity 56, 119–121 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1986.16
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