How does allocation to each sex evolve in hermaphrodites? New insight from the sea

了解两性动物调整性别分配以适应环境条件的能力，将为理论研究和应用研究之间的整合铺平道路。这种了解可以为一系列学科的利益攸关方(自然资源管理、水产养殖、养护)提供关于遗传和环境对利用这种交配系统繁殖具有重大生态、经济和社会价值的许多物种的影响的关键信息。这项研究将产生进化生态学最前沿的知识，提高澳大利亚在该领域研究卓越的声誉，并通过培养年轻科学家进一步造福澳大利亚科学。

Understanding the ability of hermaphroditic animals to adapt their sex allocation to suit environmental conditions will pave the way for integration between pure and applied research. Such understanding can provide stakeholders across a range of disciplines (natural resource management, aquaculture, conservation) with key information about genetic and environmental influences on the reproduction of many species of significant ecological, economic and social value with this mating system. This research will yield knowledge at the very forefront of evolutionary ecology, enhancing Australia's reputation for research excellence in this field, and further benefit Australian science through the training of young scientists.