Microsatellite typing reveals mating patterns in the brood parasitic great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-297

  Martinez, J G ^a,b   Burke, T ^a   Dawson, D ^a   Soler, J J ^a,b   Soler, M ^a,b   Moller A P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Clamator glandarius; Host selection; Mating system; Microsatellites; Parentage

Indexed keywords

MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC MARKER; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS;

BROOD PARASITE; GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO; HOST SELECTION; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE;

EID: 0031597286     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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