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half-sib

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half-sib
see half sibling.


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After correcting for the effects of hatching time, we found that the differences between extra-pair offspring and their within-pair half-sibs were reduced or absent, indicating that non-genetic laying order effects largely accounted for the observed superiority of extra-pair offspring," Magrath added.
Twenty-one half-sib groups and 60 to 63 full-sib groups of juveniles were obtained by artificial fertilization of three to five females by single males based on a nested design.
 
 
 
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