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Fitness consequences of parental compatibility in the frog Crinia georgiana.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2008
Dziminski Martin A, Roberts J Dale, Simmons Leigh W
Abstract excerpt
Theory suggests that multiple mating by females can evolve as a mechanism for acquiring compatible genes that promote offspring fitness. Genetic compatibility models predict that differences in fitness among offspring arise from interactions between male and female haplotypes. Using a cross-classified breeding design and in vitro fertilization, we raised families of maternal and paternal half-siblings of the frog...
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