Direct benefits and genetic costs of extrapair paternity for female american crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a   Clark, Anne B ^b   McGowan, Kevin J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American crows; Direct benefits; Extrapair paternity; Genetic compatibility; Genetic diversity; Good genes

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROVISIONING; GENETIC VARIATION; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROW; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CROWS; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77449088123     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648553     Document Type: Article

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