Female choice for genetic complementarity in birds: A review

Genetica

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Mays Jr , Herman L ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomas ^c,d   Liu, Mark ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aves; Female mate choice; Genetic compatibility; Genetic complementarity; Heterosis; Heterozygosity; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; REVIEW;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES;

EID: 48149092125     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9219-5     Document Type: Review

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