Female Finches Decide Offspring's Sex (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Female Finches Decide Offspring's Sex (2 of 4)

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Black male Gouldian finch at nest. This image accompanied the report, "Genetic Incompatibility Drives Sex Allocation and Maternal Investment in a Polymorphic Finch," by S. Pryke et. al. appearing in the March 20, 2009 issue of Science.

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Photo by Sarah Pryke, via <i>Science</i>-AAAS

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