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Length of tail streamers in barn swallows

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  • Anders Hedenström

    (Department of Animal Ecology)

  • Anders Pape Møller

    (Laboratoire d' Ecologie, CNRS URA 258, Universit Pierre et Marie Curie)

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Both natural and sexual selection affect the expression of secondary sexual characters1, so any secondary sexual character will be affected by a mixture of selection pressures. Evans2 has compared the flight performance of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) whose tail lengths have been altered with that of controls, and concludes that the outermost tail feathers of these birds are mainly the outcome of natural selection.

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  • Anders Hedenström & Anders Pape Møller, 1999. "Length of tail streamers in barn swallows," Nature, Nature, vol. 397(6715), pages 115-115, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:397:y:1999:i:6715:d:10.1038_16371
    DOI: 10.1038/16371
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