Is Pairing with a Relative Heritable? : Estimating Female and Male Genetic Contributions to the Degree of Biparental Inbreeding in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Acknowledgments We thank the Tsawout and Tseycum First Nation bands for access to Mandarte, P. Arcese and everyone who contributed to the long‐term data collection, and the European Research Council and Royal Society for funding. We thank P. Bijma, J. D. Hadfield, L. F. Keller, and E. Postma for illuminating discussions. In addition, R. Bonduriansky, L. E. B. Kruuk, and an anonymous reviewer provided insightful comments that improved the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD