Microsatellite markers and multiple paternity in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1475-1479

  McCracken, G F ^a   Burghardt, G M ^a   Houts, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural genetics; Mating systems; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Null alleles; Thamnophis sirtalis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PATERNITY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; UNITED STATES; WILD RELATIVE;

THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0032747915     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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