Offspring sex ratios in tree swallows: Females in better condition produce more sons

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1123-1129

  Whittingham, L A ^a   Dunn, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CHD gene; Condition; Nestling mortality; Sex ratio; Survival; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

CHD1 GENE; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0033854606     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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