Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1581, 2005, Pages 2641-2649

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genotype environment interaction; Heritability; Maternal environment; Mating behaviour; Morphology

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; POEPHILA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 29144487897     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3264     Document Type: Article

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