Maternal Effects Contribute to the Superior Performance of Extra-Pair Offspring

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 792-797

  Magrath, Michael J L ^a,b   Vedder, Oscar ^a   van der Velde, Marco ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

EVOL_ECOL

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MORPHOMETRICS; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIRTH ORDER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NETHERLANDS; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 65449169338     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.068     Document Type: Article

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