Do extra-pair paternities provide genetic benefits for female blue tits Parus caeruleus?
Do extra-pair paternities provide genetic benefits for female blue tits Parus caeruleus?
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Copenhagen: Munksgaard International Publishers
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English
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A large body of theories on extra-pair paternity (EPP) in birds has proposed four main "genetic" hypotheses to explain this behaviour: the "good genes" hypothesis, the genetic diversity hypothesis, the genetic compatibility hypothesis and the fertility insurance hypothesis. Empirical tests have been scarce, mainly because high sample sizes are diff...
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Do extra-pair paternities provide genetic benefits for female blue tits Parus caeruleus?
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04262089v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04262089v1
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0908-8857
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1600-048X
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10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03296.x
