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Recent immigrants alter the quantitative genetic architecture of paternity in song sparrows

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Properties of phenotypic plasticity in discrete threshold traits

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Evolution of Inbreeding Avoidance and Inbreeding Preference through Mate Choice among Interacting Relatives

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Accounting for genetic differences among unknown parents in microevolutionary studies : how to include genetic groups in quantitative genetic animal models

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