Why do birds engage in extra-pair copulation?

Donald Blomqvist, Malte Andersson, Clemens Küpper, Innes C. Cuthill, János Kis, Richard B. Lanctot, Brett K. Sandercock, Tamás Székely, Johan Wallander and Bart Kempenaers ()
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Donald Blomqvist: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Malte Andersson: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Clemens Küpper: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Innes C. Cuthill: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
János Kis: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Richard B. Lanctot: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Brett K. Sandercock: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Tamás Székely: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Johan Wallander: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology
Bart Kempenaers: Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology

Nature, 2003, vol. 422, issue 6934, 833-834

Abstract: Abstract Griffith and Montgomerie question our finding1 that extra-pair parentage in shorebirds correlates with the genetic similarity of social mates, on the grounds that band-sharing coefficients (calculated by comparing bands on DNA fingerprints) are unreliable for determining the degree of genetic similarity between two individuals.

Date: 2003
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