Multiple paternity in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 96-99

  Harry, J L ^a   Briscoe, D A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEX RATIO; TURTLES;

EID: 0023974297     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110480     Document Type: Article

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