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Heritability of nestling growth in cross-fostered European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1995

Smith H G, Wettermark K J

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In altricial birds, growth rates and nestling morphology vary between broods. For natural selection to produce evolutionary change in these variables, ther must exist heritable variation. Since nestling traits are not any longer presents in parents, traditional offspring-parent regressions cannot estimate heritabilities of these. In this study, a partial cross-fostering experiment was performed, where nestlings...

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PMID: 8647400
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/141.2.657
PMCID: PMC1206763

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