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Use of noninvasive 'bug-eggs' to enable comparative inferences on genetic mating system with and without parental information: A study in a cattle egret colony.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Miño Carolina Isabel, de Souza Elaine Dantas, Moralez-Silva Emmanuel, Valdes Talita Alvarenga, Cortiço Corrêa Rodrigues Vera Lúcia, Del Lama Sílvia Nassif
Abstract excerpt
Colonial waterbirds such as herons, egrets and spoonbills exhibit ecological characteristics that could have promoted the evolution of conspecific brood parasitism and extra-pair copulation. However, an adequate characterization of the genetic mating systems of this avian group has been hindered by the lack of samples of elusive candidate parents which precluded conducting conventional parentage allocation tests....
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