Eggshell spotting in brood parasitic shiny cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) is not linked to the female sex chromosome

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1193-1199

  Mahler, Bettina ^a   Confalonieri, Viviana A ^a   Lovette, Irby J ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Eggshell spotting; Molothrus bonariensis; mtDNA; Shiny cowbird

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BROOD PARASITISM; CHROMOSOME; COLOR MORPH; EGGSHELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENERALIST; MATERNAL EFFECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIALIST;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 42449119662     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0548-x     Document Type: Article

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