Current analyses do not resolve whether extra-pair paternity is male or female driven
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Eliassen, Sigrunn; Kokko, Hanna
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Recent studies question the importance of indirect genetic effects in explaining female benefits of extra-pair matings in socially monogamous species. Compiling data on 14 wild bird species, Arnqvist and Kirkpatrick (Am Nat 165:S26-S37, 2005) estimated the average direct cost in terms or reduced parental care to be an order of magnitude larger than the potential effect of genetic benefits. This study has sparked a debate regarding potential confounding factors but no consensus appears to have...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2008 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/56663 |
Source: | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00265-008-0608-2 |
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