A test of the hypothesis of mate choice based on heterozygosity in the spotless starling

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1001-1006

  Aparicio, José M ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a   Veiga, José P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE;

STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS UNICOLOR; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0035662255     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1840     Document Type: Article

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