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Assortative Mating in Fallow Deer Reduces the Strength of Sexual Selection
BACKGROUND: Assortative mating can help explain how genetic variation for male quality is maintained even in highly polygynous species. Here, we present a longitudinal study examining how female and male ages, as well as male social dominance, affect assortative mating in fallow deer (Dama dama) ove...
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071821/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018533 |