Individual phenotype, kinship, and the occurrence of inbreeding in song sparrows

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-899

  Reid, Jane M ^a   Arcese, Peter ^b   Keller, Lukas F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inbreeding avoidance; Inbreeding depression; Mate choice; Pedigree; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HATCHING; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KINSHIP; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 41749102171     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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