Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 10608-10613

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a   Martin, Katrin ^a   Bolund, Elisabeth ^a   Schielzeth, Holger ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Mating systems; Promiscuity; Quantitative genetics; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXTRAPAIR MATING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETIC CORRELATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 79960572165     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103195108     Document Type: Article

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