The different forms a gene may have for a trait are called alleles. Blood type is an example of alleles. They determine the hereditary characteristics an offspring gains from their parents.
Actually it is the females the mostly build the nests the males will help build it sometimes both males and females will build it but typically it is females and that goes for all birds.
"Females typically build nests, but sometimes both parents or just the male"
There are so many examples for that in different areas, like organic germanium compounds experiment carried out in our lab recently.
Here's one link: http://www.alfa-chemistry.com/products/organic-germanium-24.htm
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The faster the particles are moving, the more energy they have. Why is convection more important than conduction in the troposphere? The air doesn't conduct heat well so only the first few meters of the troposphere are heated with conduction