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If Mom chooses Dad, more ducklings survive

Female mallards allowed to mate with the drake they desire had more of their offspring survive than did ducks with males chosen for them.

References:

Bluhm, C.K., and P.A. Gowaty. 1999. Free female choice and offspring viability in mallards. Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. June. Lewisburg, Pa.

Sources:

Cynthia K. Bluhm
Delta Waterfowl Research Station
RR1
Portage La Prairie
Manitoba R1N 3A1
Canada

John A. Byers
University of Idaho
Department of Biological Sciences
Moscow, ID 83844-3051

Patricia A. Gowaty
University of Georgia
Genetics Department
Life Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-7223

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 1, July 3, 1999, p. 6. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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