DNA fingerprinting reveals monogamy in the Bushtit, a cooperatively breeding species

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 511-516

  Bruce, Jeffrey P ^a   Quinn, James S ^a   Sloane, Sarah A ^b,c   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

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PSALTRIPARUS MINIMUS;

EID: 0000662515     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088921     Document Type: Review

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