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Bias in studies of heterozygosity and mate choice.

Molecular ecology - 1 May 2009

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A key question for molecular and behavioural ecologists who study mating systems is to understand why, in many species, females choose to mate with extra-pair males. Recently a possible explanation, 'genetic compatibility', has gained increasing empirical support (for a comprehensive review, see Kempenaers 2007). Genetic compatibility hypotheses assume that females seek extra-pair mates with alleles that...

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PMID: 19302362
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04115.x

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