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Tesi etd-09172012-080903


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea magistrale
Autore
MIAZZI, FABIO
URN
etd-09172012-080903
Titolo
The importance of visual, acoustic and olfactory cues in female mate choice in a monogamous songbird, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).
Dipartimento
BIOLOGIA
Corso di studi
BIOLOGIA APPLICATA ALLA BIOMEDICINA
Relatori
relatore Dott. Gagliardo, Anna
relatore Dott. Caspers, Barbara A.
relatore Dott. Krause, Eike Tobias
Parole chiave
  • mate choice
  • olfaction
  • pheomelanin
  • Taeniopygia guttata
Data inizio appello
18/10/2012
Consultabilità
Non consultabile
Data di rilascio
18/10/2052
Riassunto
Females should assess the quality of candidate partners very carefully and they should select the most suitable one(s) because of their investment in reproduction. In order to do so, they can use several sensory cues that may carry informations about different traits, representing the present or past conditions of individuals. The purpose of this thesis is to present an experimental study designed to test the relative importance of visual, acoustic and olfactory cues in female mate choice decision in a sexually dimorphic, socially monogamous songbird: the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Results are discussed considering the framework of current knowledge about the issue, and their physiological and evolutionary basis is inves- tigated.
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