Extra pair paternity in birds: A review of interspecific variation and adaptive function

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2195-2212

  Griffith, Simon C ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^b   Thuman, Katherine A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian breeding systems; Extra pair paternity; Monogamy; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036846207     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01613.x     Document Type: Review

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