Study fuels debate about why female birds seek extra mates
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 10:42
in Biology & Nature
When female birds mate with males other than their social partners and have broods of mixed paternity, the offspring sired by these 'extra-pair' fathers may often get a head start in life, according to a new report published online on 30th April in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The discovery adds fuel to the debate about why some female birds seek those extra mates in the first place...