Hamilton and Zuk meet heterozygosity? Song repertoire size indicates inbreeding and immunity in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1562, 2005, Pages 481-487

  Reid, Jane M ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^b   Cassidy, Alice L E V ^b   Marr, Amy B ^b   Smith, James N M ^b   Keller, Lukas F ^c  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Good genes; Inbreeding depression; Parasite mediated selection; Secondary sexual ornament

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOMINANT GENE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INBREEDING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 18344369190     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2983     Document Type: Article

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