Social structure of the mound-building mouse Mus spicilegus revealed by genetic analysis with microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1009-1017

  Garza, J C ^a,b   Dallas, J ^a,e   Duryadi, D ^c   Gerasimov, S ^d   Croset, H ^c   Boursot, P ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Microsatellites; Mus; Parentage; Relatedness; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; MUS SPICILEGUS;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE; MOUND-BUILDING MOUSE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0030609732     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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