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Parasites as mediators of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in the Great Tit (Parus major).

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2012

Voegeli B, Saladin V, Wegmann M, Richner H

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Positive correlations between heterozygosity and fitness traits are frequently observed, and it has been hypothesized, but rarely tested experimentally, that parasites play a key role in mediating the heterozygosity-fitness association. We evaluated this hypothesis in a wild great tit (Parus major) population by testing the prediction that the heterozygosity-fitness association would appear in broods...

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PMID: 22239550
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02445.x

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