Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3697-3706

  Forsman, Anna M ^a,c   Vogel, Laura A ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a   Johnson, Bonnie G ^b   Masters, Brian S ^b   Johnson, L Scott ^b   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Immune response; Indirect genetic benefits; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; DNA; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 49249118243     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03860.x     Document Type: Article

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