Extra-pair paternity in the monogamous Alpine marmot revealed by nuclear DNA microsatellite analysis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Goossens, Benoît ^a,c   Graziani, Laurent ^b   Waits, Lisette P ^a,d   Farand, Etienne ^b   Magnolon, Séverine ^b   Coulon, Jacques ^b   Bel, Marie Claude ^b   Taberlet, Pierre ^a   Allainé, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair copulation; Hair; Marmota marmota; Monogamy; Paternity exclusion

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MONOGAMY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT;

FRANCE;

MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 0031708207     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050492     Document Type: Article

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