Polyandry in coal tits Parus ater: Fitness consequences of putting eggs into multiple genetic baskets

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1115-1125

  Schmoll, Tim ^a   Schurr, F M ^b   Winkel, W ^c   Epplen, J T ^d   Lubjuhn, T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Fitness consequences; GAMLSS; Genetic bet hedging; Local recruitment; Parus ater; Polyandry; Sire genetic diversity; Variance

Indexed keywords

EGG; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; POLYANDRY; RECRUITMENT; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PARUS ATER;

EID: 34247499002     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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