Single paternity of clutches and sperm storage in the promiscuous green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 575-584

  Fitzsimmons, N N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marine turtle; Mating system; Microsatellite; Mutation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032078024     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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