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Offspring fitness varies with parental extra-pair status in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

Numerous studies have tested for indirect selection on female extra-pair reproduction (EPR) by quantifying whether extra-pair young (EPY) are fitter than their within-pair young (WPY) maternal half-siblings. In contrast, the hypothesis that offspring of EPY and WPY (rather than the EPY and WPY thems...

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Autores principales: Sardell, Rebecca J., Arcese, Peter, Reid, Jane M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22874751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1139