Experimental evidence that extra-pair mating drives asymmetrical introgression of a sexual trait

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1771, 2013, Pages

  Baldassarre, Daniel T ^a,b   Webster, Michael S ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical introgression; Extra pair mating; Plumage colour; Sensory bias; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

INTROGRESSION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; FEATHER; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; QUEENSLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84902659489     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2175     Document Type: Article

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