Reverse sex-biased philopatry in a cooperative bird: Genetic consequences and a social cause

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3486-3499

  Berg, E C ^a,b   Eadie, J M ^b   Langen, T A ^c   Russell, A F ^d,e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calocitta formosa; Cooperative breeding; Microsatellite; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; NESTING; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CALOCITTA FORMOSA; CORVIDAE;

EID: 68349152730     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04284.x     Document Type: Article

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