Repeatability of extra-pair mating in tree swallows

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 841-849

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Stapleton, Mary K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extra pair mating; Mate choice; Repeatability; Sexual selection; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWALLOWS;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33644758146     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02808.x     Document Type: Article

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