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More ornamented females produce higher-quality offspring in a socially monogamous bird: an experimental study in the great tit (Parus major)
INTRODUCTION: Animals are often conspicuously colored and explanations range from aposematism and mimicry to sexual selection. Although sexual selection explains vivid coloration in males, functional significance of vivid coloration in females of socially monogamous species remains unclear. The hypo...
Autores principales: | Remeš, Vladimír, Matysioková, Beata |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23521836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-14 |
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