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Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2016
Araya-Ajoy Yimen G, Kuhn Sylvia, Mathot Kimberley J, Mouchet Alexia, Mutzel Ariane, Nicolaus Marion, Wijmenga Jan J, Kempenaers Bart, Dingemanse Niels J
Abstract excerpt
Males of socially monogamous species can increase their siring success via within-pair and extra-pair fertilizations. In this study, we focused on the different sources of (co)variation between these siring routes, and asked how each contributes to total siring success. We quantified the fertilization routes to siring success, as well as behaviors that have been hypothesized to affect siring success, over a...
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