Social assemblages and mating relationships in prairie dogs: A DNA fingerprint analysis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Travis, Steven E ^a   Slobodchikoff, C N ^a   Keim, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys gunnisoni; DNA fingerprinting; Kin group; Mating system; Paternity

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRATERRITORIAL FERTILIZATION; GUNNISON'S PRAIRIE DOG; KINSHIP RELATIONS; MATING SYSTEM; TERRITORIALITY;

CYNOMYS GUNNISONI;

EID: 0029730317     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.95     Document Type: Article

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