Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: Where we are and where to go

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-278

  Tschirren, Barbara ^a   Postma, Erik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SONGBIRD;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77955915873     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09092     Document Type: Review

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