Do black-tailed prairie dogs minimize inbreeding?

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 970-978

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Chesser, Ronald K ^b,c   Hoogland, John L ^d   Sugg, Derrick W ^e   Foltz, David W ^f  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys; F statistics; Gene diversity; Gene dynamics; Inbreeding; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG; BREEDING GROUP MODAL; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 0030741658     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03677.x     Document Type: Article

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