Sex-specific, counteracting responses to inbreeding in a bird.
Inbreeding often depresses offspring fitness. Because females invest more than males in a reproductive event, inbreeding is expected to be more costly to mothers than fathers, creating a divergence between the reproductive interests of each sex and promoting sex-specific inbreeding strategies. Males...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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