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Genomic dissection of variation in clutch size and egg mass in a wild great tit (Parus major) population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2013
Santure Anna W, De Cauwer Isabelle, Robinson Matthew R, Poissant Jocelyn, Sheldon Ben C, Slate Jon
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Clutch size and egg mass are life history traits that have been extensively studied in wild bird populations, as life history theory predicts a negative trade-off between them, either at the phenotypic or at the genetic level. Here, we analyse the genomic architecture of these heritable traits in a wild great tit (Parus major) population, using three marker-based approaches - chromosome partitioning, quantitative...
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