Detection of multiple paternity in the Kemp's ridley sea turtle with limited sampling

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 819-830

  Kichler, K ^a,b   Holder, M T ^b   Davis, S K ^a   Marquez M R ^c   Owens, D W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lepidochelys kempi; Likelihood; Marine turtles; Microsatellite; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIOLOGY; DNA ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MULTIPLE PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI;

EID: 0033066191     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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