No evidence for extra-pair paternity in the western gull

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1549-1552

  Gilbert, L ^a,c   Burke, T ^a,b   Krupa, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Extra pair copulations; Larus occidentalis; Paternity; Southeast Farallon Island; Western gull

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EXTRA PAIR COPULATION; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; MATING SYSTEM; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

LARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0031787162     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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