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Genotype and extra-pair paternity in the house wren: a rare-male effect?

Females in socially monogamous species may select extra-pair (EP) mates to increase the heterozygosity, and hence fitness, of their offspring. We tested this hypothesis in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon), a largely monogamous songbird in which EP young are common. We typed paired males and female...

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Hauptverfasser: Masters, Brian S, Hicks, Bonnie G, Johnson, L Scott, Erb, Lori A
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2003
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691390/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12965031
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2380
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