Disease-mediated inbreeding depression in a large, open population of cooperative crows

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2057-2064

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a   Clark, Anne B ^b   McGowan, Kevin J ^a   Buckles, Elizabeth L ^c   Miller, Andrew D ^d   Lovette, Irby J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

American crow; Cooperative breeders; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Disease; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MORTALITY; PARENTAGE; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CROW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 66149179270     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1852     Document Type: Article

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