A female melanin ornament signals offspring fluctuating asymmetry in the barn owl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 167-171

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Ducrest, Anne Lyse ^b   Balloux, François ^c   Dijkstra, Cor ^d   Riols, Christian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Maison forestière des Genets   (France)

Author keywords

Balanced selection; Developmental homeostasis; Female ornament; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genetic variation; Tyro alba

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEST SIGNALING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0037460208     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2215     Document Type: Article

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