Article
Heritability of nestling growth in cross-fostered European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris.
Genetics - 1 Oct 1995
Smith H G, Wettermark K J
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Aging
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Birds
- Europe
- Female
- Male
- Maternal Behavior
- Paternal Behavior
- Phenotype
- Regression Analysis
- Selection, Genetic