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Female mating preferences and offspring survival: testing hypotheses on the genetic basis of mate choice in a wild lekking bird.

Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2014

Sardell Rebecca J, Kempenaers Bart, Duval Emily H

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Indirect benefits of mate choice result from increased offspring genetic quality and may be important drivers of female behaviour. 'Good-genes-for-viability' models predict that females prefer mates of high additive genetic value, such that offspring survival should correlate with male attractive...

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Animals
Female
Genetic Fitness
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Linear Models
Male
Mating Preference, Animal
Models, Genetic
Passeriformes

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PMID: 24383885
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12652

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