Male heterozygosity predicts territory size, song structure and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding bird.

doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2805

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Male heterozygosity predicts territory size, song structure and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding bird.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Sept 2004

Seddon Nathalie, Amos William, Mulder Raoul A, Tobias Joseph A

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Recent studies of non-social animals have shown that sexually selected traits signal at least one measure of genetic quality: heterozygosity. To determine whether similar cues reveal group quality in more complex social systems, we examined the relationship between territory size, song structure...

Topics

Animals
Birds
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Madagascar
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Regression Analysis
Reproduction
Seasons
Sex Factors
Social Behavior
Territoriality
Vocalization, Animal

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