Multiple paternity in the common frog (Rana temporaria): Genetic evidence from tadpole kin groups

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Laurila, Anssi ^a   Seppä, Perttu ^a,b,c  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Amphibia; Anura; Genetic relatedness; Multiple paternity; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COMMON FROG; MULTIPLE PATERNITY; PATERNITY; RELATEDNESS; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031958350     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.9997     Document Type: Article

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