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A female melanin ornament signals offspring fluctuating asymmetry in the barn owl.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jan 2003

Roulin Alexandre, Ducrest Anne-Lyse, Balloux François, Dijkstra Cor, Riols Christian

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Sexual selection theory predicts that males advertise quality by displaying extravagant ornaments. By contrast, whether phenotypic variation in females has a signalling function remains an open question. Here, to our knowledge, we provide the first evidence that a female plumage trait can signal fluctuating asymmetry in the offspring. We experimentally demonstrate in wild barn owls (Tyto alba) that the extent to...

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PMID: 12590755
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2215
PMCID: PMC1691231

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