Genetic similarity of mates, offspring health and extrapair fertilization in house sparrows

Christine Edly-Wright, P. L. Schwagmeyer, Patricia G. Parker, Douglas W. Mock

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)367-378
Number of pages12
JournalAnimal Behaviour
Volume73
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2007

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology

Keywords

  • DNA fingerprinting
  • extrapair fertilization
  • house sparrow
  • mate choice
  • multiple mating
  • offspring viability and immunocompetence
  • Passer domesticus
  • sexual selection

Disciplines

  • Genetics
  • Biology

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