Males can service multiple females, where-as a female under most circumstances will only be serviced by one male, therefore the male can pass on his expensive alleles to more offspring. Also, like someone else noted, the male can breed at an younger age and smaller size.

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• Pricing, Male vs Female - gooberdog, Sun May 8 15:21:05 2005
• Males breed at a younger age; POS = Post Ovulation Shed .np. - topnotchboas, Sun May 8 15:24:20 2005
• RE: Pricing, Male vs Female - ectothermz, Sun May 8 15:28:42 2005
• RE: Pricing, Male vs Female - Chris Olson, Sun May 8 17:22:23 2005