Can incest within cooperative breeding groups be detected using DNA fingerprinting?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 104-107

  McRae, Susan B ^a,b   Amos, William ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INCEST; MATING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033398083     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050655     Document Type: Review

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