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Science 5 October 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5847, pp. 54 - 55
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149597
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Perspectives

EVOLUTION:
Feathers, Females, and Fathers

Michael G. Ritchie

Sex linkage of genes involved in adaptation and speciation extends to birds, explaining why females prefer males of their own species.

The author is at the University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ, UK. E-mail: mgr{at}st-andrews.ac.uk

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