Inheritance and variation in eggshell patterning in the great tit Parus major

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1461, 2000, Pages 2469-2473

  Gosler, A G ^a   Barnett, P R ^a   Reynolds, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg; Great tit; Inheritance; Pigment patterns

Indexed keywords

EGG; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MIMICRY; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCIFICATION; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX LINKAGE;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0034704049     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1307     Document Type: Article

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