Finding the fathers in the least faithful bird: A microsatellite-based genotyping system for the superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 691-693

  Double, M C ^a   Dawson, D ^b   Burke, T ^b   Cockburn, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male philopatry; Malurus cyaneus; Microsatellite genotyping; Paternal exclusion probability; Superb fairy wren

Indexed keywords

AVES; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030872033     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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