Microsatellite assessment of multiple paternity in natural populations of a live-bearing fish, Gambusia holbrooki

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-69

  Zane, L ^a,b   Nelson, W S ^a   Jones, A G ^a   Avise, J C ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mating systems; Multiple insemination; Parentage assessment; SSR loci

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PATERNITY;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 0032897749     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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