Females tend to prefer genetically similar mates in an island population of house sparrows

BACKGROUND: It is often proposed that females should select genetically dissimilar mates to maximize offspring genetic diversity and avoid inbreeding. Several recent studies have provided mixed evidence, however, and in some instances females seem to prefer genetically similar males. A preference fo...

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Autores principales: Bichet, Coraline, Penn, Dustin J, Moodley, Yoshan, Dunoyer, Luc, Cellier-Holzem, Elise, Belvalette, Marie, Grégoire, Arnaud, Garnier, Stéphane, Sorci, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24621140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-47

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