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Females increase offspring heterozygosity and fitness through extra-pair matings
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Metadata
- Authors
- Foerster, K., Delhey, K., Johnsen, A., Lifjeld, J. T., & Kempenaers, B.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 425
- Issue
- 6959
- Pages
- 714-717
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2058720572
- Cited by
- 531
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 37.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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