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2024 MCM

Last week we paticipated in the 2024 MCM and chose A problem.

Problem A: Resource Availability and Sex Ratios.

While some animal species exist outside of the usual male or female sexes, most species are substantially either male or female. Although many species exhibit a 1:1 sex ratio at birth, other species deviate from an even sex ratio. This is called adaptive sex ratio variation. For example, the temperature of the nest incubating eggs of the American alligator influences the sex ratios at birth.

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