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Female barn owls (Tyto alba) advertise good genes.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 May 2000

Roulin A, Jungi T W, Pfister H, Dijkstra C

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The good genes hypothesis of sexual selection postulates that ornamentation signals superior genetic quality to potential mates. Support for this hypothesis comes from studies on male ornamentation only, while it remains to be shown that female ornamentation may signal genetic quality as well. Female barn owls (Tyto alba) display more black spots on their plumage than males. The expression of this plumage trait...

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PMID: 10853738
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1093
PMCID: PMC1690619

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