Sexual imprinting and optimal outbreeding

Nature64.80
Volume: 273, Issue: 5664, Pages: 659 - 660
Published: Jun 22, 1978
Abstract
WHEN Konrad Lorenz showed that early experiences can have a dramatic influence on the mating preferences of birds, he proposed that ‘sexual imprinting’, as the process came to be known in English, enables adults to recognise their own species1. Subsequent experimental work2,3 has, however, suggested that, although early experiences can indeed have long-lasting effects, a bird may also show a preference for members of its own species in the...
Paper Details
Title
Sexual imprinting and optimal outbreeding
Published Date
Jun 22, 1978
Journal
Volume
273
Issue
5664
Pages
659 - 660
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