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Do female great reed warblers seek extra-pair fertilizations to avoid inbreeding?

Females of many species mate with several males. According to a recent hypothesis, female promiscuity serves to avoid inbreeding. We tested this hypothesis in a polygynous bird, the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), in which extra-pair fertilization, inbreeding and inbreeding depressio...

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Auteurs principaux: Hansson, Bengt, Hasselquist, Dennis, Bensch, Staffan
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2004
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810048/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15503997
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