Environmental and parental influences on offspring health and growth in great tits (Parus major).

Sexual selection requires both that there is heritable variation in traits related to fitness, and that either some of this variation is linked to traits of the parents, and/or that there are direct benefits of choosing particular individuals as mates. This suggests that if direct benefits are impor...

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Main Authors: Simon R A Pickett, Sam B Weber, Kevin J McGraw, Ken J Norris, Matthew R Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3728352?pdf=render