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Trisomy and triploidy are sources of embryo mortality in the zebra finch

Hatching failure is a surprisingly common phenomenon given that natural selection constantly works against it. In birds, an average of about 10 per cent of eggs across species fail to hatch, often owing to the death of embryos. While embryo mortality owing to inbreeding is both well-documented and e...

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Main Authors: Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Ellegren, Hans
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2982043/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20444723
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0394
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