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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Autores principales: Farrell, Mary E., Briefer, Elodie, McElligott, Alan G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
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

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