Evidence of inbreeding depression but not inbreeding avoidance in a natural house sparrow population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1487-1499

  Billing, Anna M ^a   Lee, Aline M ^a   Skjelseth, Sigrun ^a,c   Borg, Åsa A ^a   Hale, Matthew C ^b,d   Slate, Jon ^b   PÎrn, Henrik ^a   Ringsby, Thor H ^a   Sïther, Bernt Erik ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre   (Norway)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inbreeding avoidance; inbreeding coefficient; inbreeding depression; lifetime reproductive success; Passer domesticus; pedigree

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84858076752     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05490.x     Document Type: Article

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