Parentage without parental care: What to look for in genetic studies of obligate brood-parasitic mating systems

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Hauber, Mark E ^a   Dearborn, Donald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037226683     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090135     Document Type: Review

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